Nov. 27—Genetic testing confirms that a roaming canine that briefly captivated Anchorage this fall was a wolf hybrid, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game said Tuesday. In October, the animal ...
Wildlife officials sent samples to a California veterinary genetics laboratory for testing because a determination about whether the animal was a wolf, dog or hybrid can't be made by physical ...
and part domestic dog (which is technically a subspecies of the wolf, Canis familiaris). The hybrid has popped up in Canada and the U.S. over the past century. It's possible they emerged when coyote ...
Gary, the wolf-like animal spotted in Anchorage, has been confirmed as a wolf hybrid after DNA testing. The animal, which sparked social media debate, was killed in a car accident.