https://www.wyomingnewsnow.tv/2021/09/27/three-yellowstone-wolves-killed-montana-during-first-week-montanas-hunting-season/?fbclid=IwAR0R14wgii7azdJDiiEdRgvStFJMfvhh4GNhZ5gEsKQ20vSnymDGjHcuENc

ByNick KuzmaPublished:Sep. 27, 2021 at 2:59 PM PDT

MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, Wyo. (RELEASE) – Yellowstone National Park wolf biologists report that the park’sJunction Butte Pack(27 wolves) lost three wolves to Montana hunters during the first week of Montana’s wolf hunting season. The Junction Butte Pack transcends Yellowstone’s northern range and is the most viewed wolf pack in the world.

Multiple recent overflights conducted by the park confirmed the pack size has been reduced from 27 to 24 animals, losing two female pups and one female yearling. Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks (FWP)confirmsthree wolves were killed outside of Yellowstone in the general vicinity of where the Junction Butte Pack was traveling in mid-September.

Yellowstone wolves in the northern range spend an estimated 5% of the time outside the park, usually in late fall. For over a decade, the state of Montana limited the number…