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"An Experimental Translocation of the Eastern Timber Wolf" is a scientific report detailing a field experiment conducted by researchers Richard A. Hook, L. David Mech, William Laughlin Robinson, and Thomas F. Weise. The study focuses on the translocation (or relocation) of the Eastern Timber Wolf (Canis lupus lycaon) as part of a broader effort to understand the behavior and survival of wolf populations in the wild. The primary goal of the translocation experiment was to assess the feasibility of relocating wolves to areas where populations had been depleted or eradicated, primarily in the United States and Canada. The study was carried out in the 1970s as part of a larger movement aimed at wolf conservation and restoration. The authors were particularly interested in determining how wolves would respond to being relocated, whether they would adapt to new environments, and how their movements, social dynamics, and survival rates would be affected.