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Wolf-dog hybrids are not a true species but rather a hybrid of the domestic dog crossed with the wolf. Such animals are required to be licensed under the Act. This is because the Schedule to the Act states that any hybrid of a kind of mammal specified in the Schedule must be licensed; a wolf is a mammal specified in the Schedule as it is included in the listing of all species of Canidae (i.e. the dog family) and does not fall within the specified exemptions to this listing, unlike the Canis familiaris, the domestic dog (but not the Dingo, Canis familiaris dingo), raccoon dogs and foxes. In addition, under the act any animal with at least one parent as such a hybrid requires a licence. However, the second generation following a wolf/ domestic dog hybrid does not require a licence if neither of its parents are such a hybrid.


The full report on the keeping of wolfdog hybrids is below in pdf format.

http://www.defra.gov.uk/wildlife-pets/wildlife/protect/documents/dwa-wolfdogs.pdf