Plan launched to save Golan Heights wolves
by JERUSALEM (JPS) -- Israel has launched a campaign to save a rare wolf native to the Golan Heights., The "Born to be Wild" wildlife protection program is being sponsored to the tune of some $295,000 by the Tnuva dairy firm, the S
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The first stage aims at helping prevent the extinction of the gray wolf, a subspecies found only on the Golan Heights. The current population stands at between 40 and 50 wolves.
Not everybody is thrilled at the prospect of the wolf population growing larger, however. Cattle breeders on the Golan Heights blame the predators for attacking hundreds of heads of cattle, sheep and goats a year.
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