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Originally Posted by elf
I don't know what's the best for wolves or wolves-hybrid but looking at the US stats of the numbers of these poor animals ending euthanazied or living cages closed, I would say that the best is in the wild far from humans and breeders.
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The practices of taking the pups away from a wolf mother is done by researchers working in conservation efforts, who are working with all captive-bred wolves, and never, ever release these wolves into public ownership. It's not done with pets, it's done with research wolves, and they are taken away and handled at a young age so they can bond with humans. That way, when they are adults, they can be properly handled for things like vaccinations and health checks. Also, in many practices, not all of the pups are removed, 2 are routinely left with the mother so she isn't grief-stricken with loosing all of her pups. However, the pups left with the mother will never be able to be handled by humans, and therefor are not good for research efforts, or for relocating to other research projects to help with genetic diversity.
However, I agree that anyone breeding wolf HYBRIDS, or wolves as PETS, are very irresponsible, and should not be breeding at all, regardless of how long the pups are left with the mother. There is absolutely no need to breed these animals, when 99% of people looking to "buy" one haven't the slightest clue as to the care these wild animals actually need. The only instances where wolves should be bred is for research purposes on reservations, not at all by the general public, and never back to dogs just to produce pets for profit.
As another aside, in the US it is illegal to sell anyone puppies removed from their mothers and littermates before 8 weeks old, so anyone removing pups any younger than that and selling them in the US is breaking the law, anyway!