He says it's believed the approximately 68-kilogram dog was abandoned at the end of September and may have been at least partially domesticated before becoming too much for its owner.
Shade says the animal was first spotted by a local woman who has her own pack of wolf-dogs but she was unable to catch it and her trap was damaged when it accidentally trapped a bear cub instead.
When it is caught, the dog will either be added to the woman's pack or sent to a sanctuary in
The dog has been dubbed
Shade says that makes it different from the domestic variety his organization is normally called in to help find.
"With domestic dogs, you can just throw a cheeseburger in there, or a piece of pepperoni, and they'll dive in after about three or four days," he said.
"This guy walks around and looks at it, and surveys the situation and leaves."
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