Animals on reservation were dog-wolf hybrids

HOGANSBURG — Several wolf-like animals found roaming around the St. Regis Mohawk Reservation last year were recently determined to be dog-wolf hybrids by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and state Department of Environmental Conservation.

Last year, two of the animals were killed on the reservation and a third near Parishville.

All three of the animals were related to each other and were part Alaskan wolves, which likely would not migrate here. Such connections make it likely that they were domesticated and got loose, according to tribal officials. Last month, the tribe saw another possible hybrid breed and is trying to catch it.

The owners or breeders of these animals have not been found.

The tribe has proposed an animal control ordinance that will control possession of wild animals or wolf hybrids.