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Can Japan’s “Lost Wolves” be Reintroduced?

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Jan 29, 2019
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It has been at least a century since the last Japanese wolf called out into the night. Indeed, for Japan, with its mega-cities, human-carved landscapes and even cemented riverbeds, it might seem ridiculous to think that wolves—two species, in fact—once roamed this fascinating but thoroughly modern and human-dominated landscape.

Surely, this is the land o…

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