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Members of Lamar Canyon pack including three collared wolves: 754M, 755M [Alpha Male] , 832F [The 06 Female and Alpha Female] (at top of photo), March 2012.
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The Agate Creek pack depicted here, and labeled with collar numbers during fall 2008, consisted of many wolves that gained significance in later years.
472F (Bottom Left) [Mother of wolf 693F, 715F and 832F pictured in the photo]
642F (First Black Wolf from the left)
715F (First Wolf Upper Left) [Daughter of 472F and 113M]
383M (Second Wolf Upper Left)
"The 06 Female" (832F) (Middle Wolf : Gray) [Daughter of 472F and 113M]
Intraspecific Deaths documentation based on data from the Yellowstone Wolf Project Annual Reports (1995-2019)
4M (Crystal Creek Pack) (1996)
"In April 1996, they [Crystal Creek Pack] denned near Soda Butte Creek, and on May 7 had a confrontation with the Druid Peak Pack that resulted in the death of Crystal’s alpha male, #4M and presumably a litter of pups.
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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."
Source : Yellowstone Wolf Project Annual Report 1995 and 1996, 1997
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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. "
Source : Yellowstone Wolf Project Annual Report 1998
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Longtime Alpha Pair (2M and 7F) (Leopold) (2002)
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One of the older, and more stable packs in the eco- system, the Leopold pack experienced dramatic change in 2002. Both alpha wolves, #2M and #7F, the original progenitors of the pack, were killed by other wolves.
In May, #7F was traveling near the eastern boundary of her territory when she was attacked by other wolves, probably the Geode Creek pack in that they had denned nearby, and had a kill even closer to where #7F was found dead. Number 7F had given birth to eight pups and a necropsy indicated that she was still nursing them at the time of her death, about five to six weeks after the pups were estimated to have been born. All of the pups survived and were seen being cared for (not nursed) by other members of the pack.
Winter study crews had documented #2Mʼs ejection from the pack by late November.
It was initially presumed that his departure was temporary in order to find a new mate following #7ʼs death. Observations later indicated that he had lost his dominant status to another pack member, an uncollared gray male of unknown origin. Number 2 traveled outside of core Leopold territory, occasionally with other wolves, until he was found dead on the last day of the year. An examination of the site and the carcass clearly indicated that he also had been killed by other wolves, probably Geode Creek again in that he was inside their territory, and they were the closest pack to #2M at the time of his death. Number 2M was the last surviving wolf from the 1995 reintroduction.
More on 2M death (from the inset story of the Yellowstone Wolf Project Annual Report of 2000)
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"Then on the last day of 2002, we found #2M dead. Unlike #7F, he had lost his position in the pack and dispersed before his death. Packless, he traveled a month, sometimes with other wolves, sometimes alone, and sometimes in Geode Creek pack territory. We do not know who he was with when he was attacked, but we know from tracks that multiple wolves found him. When we inspected the site it was clear what had happened: several other wolves had caught him at the top of a hill, driven him into a downed tree, broken branches with wolf hair, and a blood trail 50 meters down a hill. We found him at the bottom, fed on by birds, his side ripped open and exposed. His carcass was littered with tooth marks and hemorrhaged flesh. We collected his head for historic purposes, leaving his carcass for eagles, ravens, and magpies to consume. "
Source : Yellowstone Wolf Project Annual Report of 2002
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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. "
Source : Yellowstone Wolf Project Annual Report 2002
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