Loving Wolf Patiently Cares for Her 4-Week-Old Wolf Pup Siblings

When it comes to wolves, it’s all about family. A wolf is a wolf when it’s part of an intact, unexploited family group capable of astonishingly beautiful and complex cooperative behaviors and unique traditions. If a family group is left unexploited (that is, not trapped, shot, poisoned or otherwise killed by humans) it will develop extraordinary traditions for hunting, pup-rearing, and social behaviors that are finely tuned to its precise environment and that are unique to that particular long-lived family group. This Mexican gray wolf family represents the Wolf Conservation Center’s participation in the active effort to to save their species from extinction. The WCC, a 501c3 non-profit organization in South Salem, NY, is one of a network of facilities participating in the Mexican Wolf Species Survival Plan - a bi-national initiative whose primary purpose is to support the reestablishment of Mexican gray wolves in the wild through captive breeding, public education, and research. For more information about wolves and the WCC’s participation in wolf recovery, please visit our website at . Follow us on Facebook - Find us on Twitter - And on Instagram -