In Harbin, Heilongjiang, a female wolf broke into a village late at night and killed countless livestock. After that, she fell in love with a local dog in the countryside and hooked up with her to mate. The villagers were too afraid to come forward and reported it to the relevant departments overnight. After hearing the news, they were so excited that they rushed to the village to take the opportunity to act as a "matchmaker."
Will a wolf-dog hybrid really produce pups? Will the child be born a monster?
"Forbidden Love", a female wolf falls in love with a wild dog
There is a wild wolf lake near a small village in Harbin, where ferocious and cunning wolves live. Villagers can often hear wild wolves howling late at night. Because the village is far away from the wolves, they have lived in peace for many years without disturbing each other.
But with the arrival of winter, the wolves were short of food, and a female wolf was so bold that she broke into the village late at night in search of food. Overnight, countless livestock raised by villagers died.
The villagers discovered that after the female wolf had eaten and drank enough, not only did she not return to Yelang Lake, but she also fell in love with , a native dog in the countryside. She hooked up with the native dog and began to mate without shame. The villagers were shocked when they saw this scene. This was the first time they had seen dogs and wolves mating.
The wolf is not a docile kitten or puppy, and the villagers did not dare to drive it away, so they had to call the relevant departments for help. When staff from the Animal Protection Association arrived, they were shocked when they heard the villagers describing the mating of wolves and dogs.
When police officer Gu Kuishan heard about this, he not only didn’t find it strange, but was actually very excited.
It turns out that Gu Kuishan discovered many years ago that after generations of breeding, the wild nature of police dogs has gradually degenerated and they are becoming more and more easily domesticated by humans.
But as the age of the police dogs increases, the defects gradually become apparent. For example, the sense of smell and endurance will gradually weaken. The weakening of abilities makes the selection of police dogs more difficult. Only one or two of good quality can be selected from hundreds of police dogs.
After hearing about the mating between a female wolf and a wild dog, he suddenly had an idea. If police dogs could be mated with wolves, wouldn't it be even better if the hybrid breed not only has the ability of police dogs to be easily domesticated, but also has the sense of smell and sensitivity of wolves?
Although the idea is good, wolves and dogs had the same ancestor hundreds of years ago, but after all, years of reproductive isolation have made them more and more different. Can dogs and wolves really have pups together?
Wolves and dogs hybridize to produce "strange creatures"
Whether it is the same species or different species, there have been successful precedents. For example, , the well-known liger and , are the result of the hybridization of two different species, lions and tigers. However, when different subspecies mate, the animals born are infertile and cannot produce offspring.
Dogs and wolves both belong to the canine family and are distant relatives in terms of blood. It stands to reason that when they mate, they can successfully give birth to offspring, and the offspring have the ability to reproduce.
may have many friends, and two words " wolf dog " have come to mind at this time. If an animal is born from a cross between a wolf and a dog, isn't that a wolfdog? Not really. The wolfdog we see is not the result of a cross between a wolf and a dog. The wolfdog itself is a domestic dog. It's just that wolfdogs look a bit like wolves. They are called wolfdogs because of their large size and wolf-like appearance.
In order to breed a hybrid between a wolf and a dog, Gu Kuishan specially selected a pure-blooded police dog. intends to give wolves and dogs a cross-century "blind date" .
After the police dogs were brought to the wolf-infested territory, people began to observe in secret. But this blind date did not go as smoothly as expected. The wolf discovered the "intruder" in his territory and suddenly became murderous. A group of wild wolves attacked the police dog, and within a short time the carefully selected police dog died heroically.
It is really difficult for a wolf and a dog to fall in love. Gu Kuishan tried his best, but failed to make the wolf and dog look at each other.
Finally, Gu Kuishan came up with a method of human intervention. The sperm of the strongest wolf king in the wolf pack is collected and the sperm is artificially injected into the selected female police dog.However, what went against his wishes was to forcibly collect sperm from the Wolf King. What the Wolf King collected under high tension was dead sperm , which could not make the police dog pregnant at all.
This road is not going to work. It seems that the only way is to let the wolf and the dog slowly develop their relationship, and will naturally conceive . They carefully selected wolf pups from the base where wild wolves were raised, and placed the wolf pups and dog pups together so that they could develop feelings for each other from an early age. After a long wait, the wolf and the dog finally fell in love with each other.
A male dog named Black Tiger successfully mated with the female wolf Alan during the estrus period; another female dog Ali and the male wolf also successfully conceived a cub. After months of waiting, a wolf-dog hybrid was born! The hybrid breed born from
is mixed wolf . Hybrid wolves not only look very healthy, they look like dogs from a distance and wolves up close. Their tails are vertically downward, and their coat color and ears are more like wolves. Most hybrid wolves have the appearance of wild wolves, and their living habits are closer to those of wild wolves.
Hybrid wolves not only have better quality than previous police dogs, have a more sensitive sense of smell than ordinary police dogs, but also have super high combat effectiveness and endurance.
(Three generations of hybrid wolves)
The hybrid wolves produced by hybrids of different breeds of dogs and wolves will also be different. For example, the hybrids of huskies and wolves can be trained to become search and rescue dogs; The hybrid wolf produced by the cross between the Mongolian wolf and the Caucasian dog is particularly ferocious and can be bred towards the riot control dog ; The hybrid between the Samoyed and the wolf has a keen sense of smell and can be bred into drug detection dog .
A mixed-breed dog produced by crossing a female German Shepherd with a male wolf can be bred into a guard dog . It can be domesticated into a pet dog that everyone can keep in about three generations.
In addition to the successful crossbreeding of hybrid wolves in China, many have also been bred abroad. Many families in the United Kingdom and the United States are particularly fond of hybrid wolves and keep them as pets.
Hybrid wolves do have more advantages than the original dogs, but there are some flaws that we cannot ignore. Because the hybrid wolf generation has many similar habits to wild wolves, even if it is raised next to humans since childhood, it is still wild and untamed, and is obviously aggressive towards humans.
International animal groups say keeping hybrid wolves as pets is dangerous and may expose children to attacks.
In some parts of the United States, there have been many incidents of hybrid wolves attacking children, leading some states in the United States to explicitly ban the breeding of wolves. There are also some places that require hybrid wolves to be isolated for at least 5 generations before they can be legally raised.
Just like the various pet dogs we raise now, they were gradually domesticated from wolves. After generations of domestication, dogs have lost their original ambitions and will not take the initiative to attack humans.
The hybrid wolves born in the first generation are more wild. I believe that after 3 or 5 generations of isolation, the hybrid wolves will become more like pet dogs and can become docile animals that are easy to domesticate!
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