Arabian wolf distribution update from Saudi Arabia

A review of unpublished reports (grey ture) has confirmed the presence, and tence, of grey wolves Canis lupus pall at least 13 protected or proposed pr areas in Saudi Arabia indicating the value of synthesising and publishing such data. A though wolves are still declining in Saudi Arabia, various factors including wolves bituation to humans, scavenging omniv behaviour, high reproductive rate, large home ranges, long daily movements and long di tance dispersal may contribute to their pe tence and even re-establishment in pr areas and other sparsely inhabited loc