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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]
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 became a very popular subject for Yellowstone wolf watchers and photographers. [9] She was one of the stars of the “wolf-watching mecca” of Yellowstone [10] and was called “Queen of Wolves”. [11] In 2018, 926F ceded the role of alpha female to her daughter, who produced the first surviving pups in three years.
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 ...
A California gray wolf, dubbed OR 85, in 2023. The wolf was fitted with a satellite collar to help the California Department of Fish and Wildlife track the state's burgeoning wolf population.
The agency said the new genetic method, which produced similar results as the camera method, put last summer’s wolf population at around 1,150 animals — down about 200 from the previous year.
However, his nephew, Wolf #480M stepped up in that role shortly after. [2] [3] 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]
Gable said 70% of wolf pups in the VWP haven't lived to be 1 year old. In 2022-23 the study found an average of 1.7 pups per pack made it; but 18% of the packs didn't produce a pup.