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Alarm in Yellowstone and Wyoming After Confirming an Outbreak of a Disease that Has Reduced the Number of Wolves to the Lowest Level Since Reintroduction
An outbreak of canine moquillo has hit with force the wolves of Wyoming and Yellowstone National Park. The 2025 count closed with at least 253 wolves and 14 breeding pairs throughout the state, a figure that biologists haven’t seen for about 20 years, when the species was still settling after its reintroduction. The news doesn’t mean that wolves are about to disappear from Yellowstone. But it does leave a clear warning. In nature, a disease can …
An outbreak of canine moquillo has hit with force the wolves of Wyoming and Yellowstone National Park. The 2025 count closed with at least 253 wolves and 14 breeding pairs throughout the state, a figure that biologists haven’t seen for about 20 years, when the species was still settling after its reintroduction. The news doesn’t mean that wolves are about to disappear from Yellowstone. But it does leave a clear warning. In nature, a disease can …