What type of dog are these?

[dogwolf]

NC as it’s been local to me but I’m curious!
they’ve been picked up by the police

Are you in the uk? They look like wolves!

I think they look like wolves too.

Yes, UK

Have they escaped from somewhere?

No idea, I saw someone post photos and have been following what happened with them!

Yep agree. Wolves for sure. Must’ve escaped from a wildlife centre or some thing?? Or been stolen then dumped. Poor little things.

I hope no one is breeding wolf dogs.

Hybrids possibly? I did squint at the photos, think “wtf are those” and then “can i pet them”

So you’re in Wolverhampton.. near Wolves stadium.. bit of a ‘joke’ post I guess 👀

Nope?

There are wolf breeds but they need to be 3rd generation.

They certainly look wolf like..... im really intrigued to hear how this story pans out. I.e proper wolves..... escaped from a sanctuary, dumped litter because dna doesnt meet criteria for dog ownership etc.

Me too, it’s been the talk of the area tonight! Hopefully there will be an update
I’m in the NW

Czechoslovak Wolfdog, Sarloos wolfdog or Tamaskan, possibly? There are a few other breeds bred for a close appearance to wolves.

They don't look similar to the timber wolves at my local zoo.

There are a fair few wolves in private ownership - www.bornfree.org.uk/dwamap/

They don’t look big enough to be wolves, although it’s hard to tell when there’s nothing to compare them to for size.

They might be wolf-dogs, which are dogs bred with a bit of wolf in them, but it’s also very possible that they’re just dogs bred selectively to look like wolves (which isn’t that difficult).

They’re really beautiful and I’m guessing they’ve been abandoned. Poor things. I hope they get a suitable home.

They looked knives wolves to me.

Dingoes?

They look more like coyotes than wolves to me! But I guess just a mish-mash of mixed breeds that have produced something fairly 'authentic'. Not true wolves I don't believe, at all.

Wolf dog of some type ? Wolves are large, a paw wouldn’t fit in your hand.

Too shaggy for true dingoes, though could be a cross.

Using the road sign for scale, they're surely too small to be wolves. I think wolves are always a lot bigger than you think they are! I'm not an expert and there may well be different types of wolf, but I think they tend to be significantly larger than Huskies, and these look a smaller than a Husky, and they're at least adolescent. They do look quite like coyotes though, they're smaller and have quite foxy faces. So maybe some have escaped? Or someone's breeding coyote dogs, but I'm not sure why anyone would.

My first thought was hyenas !
Somebody dumped 3 lynx in the Scottish Borders a few months ago. I just read an update and they are doing really well and living in the Highland Wildlife Park near us.

Young Czechoslovakian wolfdogs maybe? They look young and nervous to me, whatever they are. In the picture of them in the van, they almost look fox-like

More like coyotes than wolves.