Read a most interesting piece in the local news this morning:
This guy with credentials and experience writing about a dog wolf breeding program out of Russia. This wolf and dog researcher, Bologov, has according to some French documentary admitted to releasing 96 hybrid wolves in Russian Karelia. That's right on the Finnish border. His work is funded by German nature organizations among others.
Apparently large dogs and female wolves in heat are able to mate under controlled forms. Wild wolves don't mate in captivity. Hybrid offspring is accepted by "pure" wolves as mating partners. This guy wants to see how these hybrids behave in the wild.
Apparently they used Wolf / German Shepard hybrids for border control in the Soviet days, so called border dogs, before electronic surveillance came into being. That particular hybrid is very alert and doesn't bark making it ideal for border patrol duty...
Ok, so our local news is behind a paywall so I will not provide a link, but I'll keep you updated.
This guy with credentials and experience writing about a dog wolf breeding program out of Russia. This wolf and dog researcher, Bologov, has according to some French documentary admitted to releasing 96 hybrid wolves in Russian Karelia. That's right on the Finnish border. His work is funded by German nature organizations among others.
Apparently large dogs and female wolves in heat are able to mate under controlled forms. Wild wolves don't mate in captivity. Hybrid offspring is accepted by "pure" wolves as mating partners. This guy wants to see how these hybrids behave in the wild.
Apparently they used Wolf / German Shepard hybrids for border control in the Soviet days, so called border dogs, before electronic surveillance came into being. That particular hybrid is very alert and doesn't bark making it ideal for border patrol duty...

Ok, so our local news is behind a paywall so I will not provide a link, but I'll keep you updated.