The History of Yellowstone National Park

The last wolves born in yellowstone national park were killed as pups in 19 26, and not by poachers. Park rangers would patrol on foot or on horseback through the park to find an elimi active densites and the pups inhabiting them along with their adult families. Yellowstone's earliest managers genuinely thought that, without intervention, wolves would decimate the park's prey population. Of course, we know now that they were wrong. Preditor and pray species such as wolves and elk, bison and deer have coexisted for thousands of years. In fact, wolves have been the driving force behind the evolution of different pray species. With no packs giving them chase