Posted by: Bob Payne | March 31, 2011

Isle Royale pack down to 2 female wolves

The number of wolves roaming on Lake Superior’s Isle Royale has dwindled to just 16 with only two breeding females — a population level researchers say may not be sustainable much longer. If the two remaining mating females were to die before raising female pups, the wolf population could be headed to extinction.

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