red neck richie
Senior Member
I really could care less about their dna but to say that the only thing that ever wiped out the deer was people is nonsense.No, domestic dogs do not show up wolf DNA. None. 0%. They show domestic dog DNA, unless it is a wolf/dog mix. Dogs and wolves are related, but their DNA is completely distinct and identifiable, just like we don't show chimpanzee DNA, even though our DNA is similar to it. Most eastern coyotes show all three types of DNA-coyote, wolf, and dog. Again, this is not me saying this. This is the verified and repeated findings of scientific studies on eastern coyotes. They apparently interbred with wolves and dogs on their way here. Even now, the red wolf restoration program in eastern NC is failing badly, partly because the wolves and coyotes keep interbreeding. They turned red wolves loose here in western NC for many years, too. And according to many scientists, a red wolf is nothing but a coyote/gray wolf hybrid to begin with.
And again, deer, coyotes, and various species of wolves have lived together here on this continent for hundreds of thousands of years. The only thing that ever wiped out the deer was people, not natural predators. And yotes spread east because of a combination of natural migration due to habitat change and an empty predator niche, and direct transport and release by humans.
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