Wolf (Canis lupus)

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First Recorded Behavior of Killing pups and consuming them  : Yellowstone Wolf Project Annual Report 2019

In a strange series of events never before recorded in wild wolves, six -year-old subordinate female, 969F, killed all seven of the three-week old pups from the two most dominant females’ den, consuming at least three of them. The event occurred when the mothers were gone from the den and the pups were being tended by two male yearlings. The pack then helped 969F raise her seven pups. The fourth female, 1109F, kept her den and pups separate from the rest of the pack and was occasionally helped by beta male 1048M until they merged with 969F’s litter at a rendezvous site in Lamar Valley in mid-September.  Reply