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Wolf 20M  (Son of 9F and 10M) (Rose Creek Pack) (1996)

"On June 14 an encounter with the Druid Peak Pack resulted in the death of the yearling #20M."

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Wolf 19F (Daughter of 9F and 10M) (Rose Creek Pack) (1997)

"When #19F, who denned alone near the eastern edge of the Rose Creek territory, was killed by the Druid Peak wolves, her four pups were less than two weeks old and they died from exposure and starvation. "

"The Druid Peak wolves have been continually aggressive in defending their territory. In 1996, they killed the original Crystal Creek Pack’s alpha male, displaced the remaining wolves from the eastern Lamar Valley, and killed another yearling male from the Rose Creek Pack. This year they slayed #19F of the Rose Creek Pack in April 1997."

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Wolf 34M (Chief Joseph Alpha Male) (1997) (Badly injured)

"In January 1997, #34M made an out-of-territory foray across the northern range and through the territories of three other wolf packs. He was photographed on one occasion being attacked and badly injured by five of the Druid Peak wolves. It is interesting that he survived this encounter. It is likely that he also received wounds in an attack by the Rose Creek wolves. Not surprisingly, he retreated back to his former territory, but was accompanied by two 21-month-old sisters from the Rose Creek Pack (#16F and #17F). The three were located together with #33F in late January."

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Wolf 85F (Rose Creek) (1998)

"Female wolf #85 was observed being killed by the seven Druid Peak wolves at the territorial boundary between the two packs. (Three wolves have died along this boundary since 1996—all within a 1.5– km radius—and four wolves have succumbed to the aggression of the Druid Peak Pack) "

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Wolf 35M, 30F (Thorofare Alphas)  and a pup  (1998)

"In January 1998, the Soda Butte Pack trespassed onto the Thorofare Pack’s territory, killing the alpha male (#35) and likely causing the death of the alpha female (#30) and one pup [Killed by an Avalanche while fleeing the pack supposedly] . When we visited the site where #35 was found, only hair, urine, blood, and his collar remained in a wind- blown concavity underneath a log along the Yellowstone Lake shoreline. "

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Wolf 43M and #123 (Soda Butte) (1999)

"Both #123M and #124M perished, #123 in a fight with the Crystal Creek wolves and #124M to unknown causes."

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Wolf 208M (Alpha Male of the Tower Pack) (Nearly died in 2002)

"A near fatal encounter with the Agate Creek pack in March 2002 probably resulted in the loss of a litter. Residing mostly in the country behind Tower Junction and east into Antelope Creek, this pack was attacked by six wolves in the Agate Creek pack. Agate Creek wolves had made a kill within Tower pack territory near Tower Fall. The next day #208M, the only collared wolf in the pair, was seen immobile in a pool of blood on the snow. Presumed dead, a team of

Wolf Project personnel headed in the follow- ing day to positively determine cause of death (if certain, and no lab necropsy was necessary, his carcass would remain in the backcountry). A simultaneous aerial location found that he had moved, but was still badly injured. After 10 days of little movement, #208 fully recovered and reunited with his mate. "