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Posted by Kent (71.213.99.108) on 22:19:29 02/24/13
Attached link is to an article in the Billings Gazette about collaring wolves down in the Annex. Having 8 collared animals in one pack seems more than a little excessive. Wyoming's budget is obviously much larger than the park's.
"Formed in 2009, the Pinnacle Peak Pack numbered 13 at the end of 2011, reports show. Refuge biologists want to better understand how it influences the movements, density and distribution of the 7,500 or so elk that winter there.
"This is the only pack that we're aware of that dens on the refuge, and it is the primary pack that hunts the refuge," Kallin says.
The home range, characteristic of wolves, is huge.
"It's amazing that they den on the refuge, leave their pups on the refuge, go over to Granite Creek, kill elk and then bring the meat back for their pups," he says. "It's a long haul for groceries."
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