#canyon pack

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By Iamidaho

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Queen of Yellowstone is gone: found by hikers dying, famous female wolf euthanized

April 14th, 2017 - Eight years the female alpha white wolf ran the Canyon pack in Yellowstone NP with her mate 712M. But now she’s dead. Hikers discovered the 12-year-old wolf severely injured, in shock, and dying on April 11 near Gardiner, Montana. Park staff arrived and found the animal too far gone to save. 

“The decision was made to euthanize the animal and investigate the cause of the initial trauma,” said P.J. White, Chief of the Wildlife and Aquatic Resources Branch. At this time, the nature of the initial injuries is unknown. The investigation will include a necropsy.

The female was one of three known white wolves in the park. For that alone she achieved a certain notoriety over the years, simply for being easily distinguishable and recognizable.

As alpha female of the highly visible Canyon pack—which roamed expansively from Hayden Valley to the Firehole River area to the northern portion of the park—the white wolf also earned the admiration of wildlife biologists for its longevity and partnership with 712M.

Maybe what intrigued fans most was the fact that, remarkable in this day and age, the wolf was never captured, never collared, never named.

Yellowstone officials are asking that anyone with information about what night have happened to the white wolf contact the Yellowstone National Park Tip Line at 307-344-2132 or email.

At this time of year, female wolves would be birthing. The white female and 712M had at least eight litters together. It is not known at this time whether she was pregnant or had delivered pups this year.

The park will provide more information about the investigation when it is available.

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UPDATE: According to park officials, the wolf was shot by a hunter just outside of the park’s boundaries in Montana - the park stretches across Wyoming and Idaho as well. Daniel Stahler, project director for Yellowstone’s wolf program, told The New York Times that her pack rarely ventures outside of the park. 

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[ainawgsd]

Canyon Pack- This pack originated when a female from the Hayden Valley pack and two males from the Mollie’s pack joined up in spring 2008. After both alphas of the Hayden Valley pack were killed by the Mollie’s pack in October and November 2007, the remaining wolves relocated outside the park. This allowed the Canyon pack to fill into much of the old Hayden Valley pack territory. This pack has been very comfortable near developed areas, exemplified by their use of a highway culvert to stash pups in 2008, denning near park headquarters in Mammoth Hot Springs in 2009, and regularly using roads as travel corridors during the winter months. With the exception of a yearling that was hazed (an approach used to decrease habituation behaviors) to prevent further habituation in 2011 after being fed by a park visitor, the pack does not show signs of actively approaching people. The pack has retained their original alpha pair, a black male (712M) and a distinctively white, uncollared female ("The White Lady"). The White Lady was euthanized in April, 2017 after she was found injured on the Northern Park boundary. The Canyon Pack’s territory currently ranges from Hayden to Old Faithful, Norris, and Mammoth. As of 2017, it appears the current Canyon Pack is only remnants of its past; we have only seen 2 wolves this year – a black and gray adult, and the gray has as spot of mange on its back left haunch. During the 2017 Montana wolf hunting, wolves matching the descriptions of the two remaining Canyon wolves were harvested outside the Park. We do not believe the Canyon Pack is intact at this point. [Updated 1/2018]

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From spending some quality time with a Yellowstone wolf in 2014.

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Picture by Sandy Sisti

Canyon pack female 

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Alpha Female by MaxWaugh

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After traveling away from her family, the white alpha female wolf of the Canyon Pack is greeted by two of her pups upon her return to the pack's rendezvous point.

By Sandy Sisti.

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Wolves of Alum Creek by TheNatureDude on Flickr.