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The last wolves of Yellowstone got killed in 1926.
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In the 1940s, park managers, biologists, conservationists and environmentalists began a campaign to reintroduce gray wolves.
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When the Endangered Species Act of 1973 was passed, the road to legal reintroduction was clear.
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In the early 1980s, wolves began to reestablish themselves near Glacier National Park in northern Montana.
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In 1995, gray wolves were first reintroduced into Yellowstone in the Lamar Valley.
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Several dozen wolves were captured in Canada and turned loose in Yellowstone In March 1995.
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Wolves always travel in packs so that when it is time to hunt, wolves can go after different animals at one time.
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“I’m prepared to bid for the first ticket to shoot a wolf myself,” said Idaho Gov. Butch Otter at a press conference at the state Capitol in Boise on January 11, 2007.
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At the end of 2011, at least 98 wolves in 10 packs (8 breeding pairs), with 2 loners occupied Yellowstone National Park.
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