Wolves Eat Elk & Cattle

A new dietary study of Mexican gray wolves determines that they much prefer elk, but eat more cattle than some had thought.

"In their overall dietary analysis, they found that 80.3 percent of the Mexican wolves’ diet was elk, 16.8 percent was cattle; deer, squirrels and rabbits comprised less than 1 percent each, and rodents made up 2 percent. This fell largely in line with a previous dietary study by Reed et al. in 2006, but it’s important to note that one pack in particular skewed the cattle numbers upward."

From a Wild Muse report today by DeLene. (Tip: @BoraZ)