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Yellowstone wolf pack territories in 2011. Wolf population declines, when they occur, result from "intraspecific strife," food stress, mange, canine distemper, legal hunting of wolves in areas outside the park (for sport or for livestock protection) and in one case in 2009, lethal removal by park officials of a human-habituated wolf. [23]
926F was born in the spring of 2011 in the Lamar River Valley. She was a small, black wolf with a notch in her right ear and a graying face. [2] 926F was the daughter of 832F, a she-wolf who was founder of the Lamar Canyon Pack which has its territory in Yellowstone National Park. [1]
In 2006, only 4 wolves remained (302M, 480M, and two yearling females from the last litter of 21M). [4] [3] The dominant breeding female was collared as Wolf #529F and her sister, Wolf 569F was collared on the last day of 2006. [4] [3] All 4 wolves bred in 2006 and produced a total of 11 pups in two litters, reviving the famous Druid Pack. [4]
The Yellowstone Wolf Project started in 1995 and since it's become one of the most detailed studies of wolves the world. They also focus on studying the day-to-day life and social interactions of ...
Video shows the intense moment a pack of wolves chases down a herd of more than 300 elk in Yellowstone National Park. The video follows the elk herd as it races away from wolves trailing behind it.
The wolves’ presence played a vital role in increasing the health and diversity of Yellowstone’s wildlife, though they can be tough for park visitors to spot. kwiktor / iStock Yellowstone volcano
O-Six (named after the year of her birth). [3] was for several years [2010 - 2012] the dominant breeding female of the Lamar Canyon pack in Yellowstone National Park.Born in 2006 in the Agate Creek pack to Agate Creek Wolves #113M (born a Chief Joseph Wolf in 1997) and Wolf #472F (born a Druid Peak wolf in 2000), [4] [5] [6] she was principally known by the year of her birth. [7]
Map showing wolf packs in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem as of 2002. Grey wolf packs were reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park and Idaho starting in 1995. These wolves were considered as “experimental, nonessential” populations per article 10(j) of the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Such classification gave government officials ...