The wolf count in Yellowstone is reportedly lower now which scientists say has led to less predation on each other. A story in the Billings Gazette says that the park’s annual report on wolves says seven wolf deaths were recorded 2018, but three wolves were shot by hunters outside the park and the others by other causes. Furthermore, none died as a result of disease. At the end of 2018 there were at least 80 wolves in nine packs with seven breeding pairs in Yellowstone; less than seen in the previous five years and the lowest number of wolves since 2012. That, biologists say may explain the lower attacks on each other and the lower transmission of disease between the canids.
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