1. In eastern Germany a female wolf has given birth to a cub for the first time in decades. 2. But the five male wolves and one female wolf there did not leave the one-acre enclosure. 3. Holaday suggested that the lone female wolf be recaptured and allowed to mate with another wolf in captivity. 4. The first was identified as a female wolf, but genetic testing has not yet been completed on the second. 5. The study also reports that most present-day breeds of dog carry the genetic fingerprints of a single lineage of female wolf. 6. Those wounds were caused by a young female wolf that had wandered outside of the wolf recovery zone, which consists of the Apache and Gila national forests. 7. A female wolf stays in the den and feeds the pups while other wolves go out to gather food and bring it back. 8. A female wolf named Gina guards the property. 9. Each pack has a separate hierarchy of male and female wolves, led respectively by a dominant male called the alpha male and a dominant female, alpha female. 10. Five wolves attacked and ate most of an older female wolf, before the attackers were interrupted by farmers, researchers said Wednesday. |