Pack of Wolves Splits Up
A new pack of endangered Mexican gray wolves has split up since being released in the Gila Wilderness last month.
The interagency wolf reintroduction program released the Granite Pack— an adult male and two female yearlings— June 5 in the Gila Wilderness of southwestern New Mexico.
All three split within a week. The females, who had been captured as pups after their pack was involved in cattle killing last summer, stayed in the Gila. The male, who also had been involved in one depredation, moved more than 30 miles to the northeast, returning to the area where he was captured last summer.
Meanwhile, the alpha male of the Bluestem Pack was found dead June 4 on the Fort Apache Indian Reservation in Arizona. The cause of death is under investigation.