SCOTLAND NECK, N.C. (WITN) - Scotland Neck police say the alpha dog of a pack of dogs that have been terrorizing neighborhoods has been captured. Scotland Neck Police Chief Tommy Parker says, “The ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SCOTLAND NECK, N.C. (WNCN) — Animal control ...

A recent New Yorker essay called "The Myth of the Alpha Wolf" by Rivka Galchen caught my attention and that of numerous people who emailed me about it. My purpose here is to clarify a number of points ...

During the past six months, I’ve received no fewer than 20 emails asking if alpha dogs and wolves really exist. All were truly interested in learning more about this question, while two were very ...

A pack of wild dogs has been putting residents of a small northeastern North Carolina town on high alert. Authorities in Scotland Neck on Sunday announced plans to tranquilize the dogs. By Monday, ...

Around the 1970s, the world latched onto a catchy new scientific term: alpha wolf. It described the top dog that clawed its way to the top of its pack, and it quickly became a mainstream symbol for ...