The world-wide spreading of the wolves
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Today, most wolves are threatened by those things which threaten all wildlife: Hunting, pollution in general but also the destruction of their circulation area.

North America:
On the North American continent (that includes the United States, Canada and Alaska) there is the largest population of wolves, estimated at 70'000. The worlds largest and most stable population is in Canada and amounts to 60'000 wolves. Also in Alaska we have quite a lot of wolves, that means between 5'000 and 10'000 animals.

Asia:
Her is the second largest population with 50'000 wolves.

In China there are only 6'000 wolves, but in the Mongolia live more than 30'000. Today, China is making great strides toward wolf protection, but their animals are still threatened by illegal poaching.

In Japan, the last wolf was reported in 1907. There is now a growing movement toward reintroduction of the Chinese wolf back into Japan. This project will probably take place in the next century.

In the Middle East the population is estimated at 3'000 wolves. Most of them are located in Saudi Arabia.

In India there is a smaller population of about 2'000 wolves. These wolves are in danger because there is not much space for wildlife.

Europe:
In Europe there is a population of about 15'000 wolves, which does not include Russia’s population of 30'000 – 40‘000. Europe’s huge population is in great danger, because in Russia, the wolf is provided with no protection. Russia has a very long and old tradition of hating the wolf. In Sibiria, for example, wolves are shot and poisoned for their pelts and there is no control over hunting or poaching. Over the next 2 years, there will be killed over 15'000 of its wolves. In Spain there are about 2'000 wolves, but also this population is declining quickly. In Romania we have 2'500 wolves, but also this population is in great danger, because the wolf doesn’t have any protection.
Poland has a population of 650 – 800 wolves, but they are protected very strictly, and so this population may grow in the next years.

Africa and Australia:
In Africa and Australia we don’t have any wolves.
 

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Sources:
The basis for this text was an article in the Internet (http://www.wolfhaven.org/worldwide.htm) but I have also compared this article with the information from the new Encarta.