On a recent hike up a mountain on Douglas Island, I noticed a large rock rising from the alpine tundra. My dog Fen ran towards it, paused and ran two circles around it, smelling the earth as she went.

"Zeus" is a 4-year-old German Shepherd Husky and potentially Wolf mix. Zeus tips the scales at more than a hundred pounds and is playful, energetic, loving, good with other dogs, cats and kids too ...

The context here points to a larger and troubling reality about the status and persecution of wolves in the West. They are killed every day during trophy-hunting seasons in Idaho, Montana and Wyoming.

But despite some misconceptions, they’re not wolf-dog hybrids. They are 100% legitimate dog breeds. ... It’s debatable whether the Samoyed is among the many different types of husky dogs.

A woman was walking her dogs in Yellowknife, Canada, when she rounded a corner and spotted a pack of about 9 wolves, she told news outlets.

A woman was walking her dogs in Yellowknife, Canada, when she rounded a corner and spotted a pack of about 9 wolves, she told news outlets.

The trio was walking along Fox Lake in Fred Henne Territorial Park on Nov. 25, ... “A wolf sees a dog as a ‘trespassing wolf’ that should be driven away or killed,” they said.