What is the legendary development experience of the Canadian wolves introduced in Yellowstone Park 26 years ago?
Beginning in the twentieth century, wolves in the United States were hunted in large numbers, eventually leading to the extinction of wolves. The result is also terrible, the Yellowstone Area Canadian red deer breed wantonly, and their "eating habits" are not good, and the grass has to be uprooted, resulting in a large amount of vegetation destruction, and the park management is helpless.
The deer herd was fattening and strong, and the U.S. government could not sit still. What governance measures should be taken in a good place? Someone came up with an idea, since there is no problem without wolves, let's go somewhere else to get some wolves and put them in the park? As long as wolves are introduced, the deer population can be controlled, and finally the ecology can slowly recover. So, in January 1995, 14 wolves traveled thousands of miles from Canada to Yellowstone; a year later, 17 more wolves were transported here. Elk, who had never seen gray wolves, encountered these gray wolves and adopted the defensive method of dealing with coyotes: they stood firm, but they were on their heads and kicked. This trick works for coyotes, but it only makes it easier for them to eat lunch. Gray wolves were like entering a paradise of flesh, and after a few years, the number of gray wolves in Yellowstone Exceeded a hundred, reaching a maximum of 174, but the ensuing disease and cannibalism caused the number of gray wolves to decline, and eventually maintained at about 100, which is about the number of gray wolves that Yellowstone Can Carry. The arrival of wolves has finally brought the deer population under control, the number of deer has dropped from 20,000 to about 10,000, forests and grasslands have returned to life, and other herbivores have slowly recovered.
So, what happened after the wolf pack stabilized in Yellowstone? Yellowstone Ranger Rick McIntyre answered this question as a recorder of the history of wolves. In 1996, four she-wolves and one male wolf combined to form the most famous Druid Peak wolf pack in Yellowstone. However, while they were expanding their territory, they were attacked by the Wolves of Rose Creek and were eventually forced to flee separately. The male wolf was seriously injured by the hunter and unfortunately died; one of the daughters of the female head wolf, number 40F, climbed to the head wolf throne. Later, 40F married the wandering 21M, but during the estrus of the new year, 40F was fatally injured and eventually died of his injuries. After 40F's death, 42F became the new Druid's she-headed wolf, and 40F's partner, 21M, also belonged to it. For a while, a super swarm of 37 wolves was born. But then four subgroups split, which reduced the number of Druid wolves from 37 to 11. In 2004, the head wolf couple of the Druid Peak Wolf Pack passed away one after another. The wolves are leaderless, and they have lost not only a lot of territory, but also a lot of wolves. The male wolf numbered 302M entered the Druid wolf pack, forming a stable breeding pair, and the Druid wolf pack finally regained its former strength. It wasn't until November 2008 that 302M ran away from home with 5 male wolves, and the 2009 Druid wolves were once again forced into a desperate situation, the female wolf 569F was killed on the Lamar River, and the male wolf 480M had to go away and fly high. The remaining members were infected with scabies and died scattered, and the Druid wolves eventually perished. But in 2010, wolves reappeared in the old territory of the Druid Wolf Pack, and a newborn wolf pack of 1 female, 2 male and 3 wolves set their sights on the land, and they will continue the history of the Druid Peak Wolf Pack.