Me and My Mom - Scene 16

Wolf and Pup

The gray wolf is one of the world's best known and well researched animals. It has a long history of association with humans, having been despised and hunted in most pastoral communities due to its attacks on livestock, while conversely being respected in some agrarian and hunter-gatherer societies. The gray wolf is a social animal, whose basic social unit consists of a mated pair, accompanied by the pair's adult offspring. The average pack consists of a family of 5-11 animals (1-2 adults, 3-6 juveniles and 1-3 yearlings), or sometimes two or three such families, with exceptionally large packs consisting of 42 wolves being known.