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 The Druids at their peak | |
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Date of Formation |
April 1996 |
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Foudners |
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Alpha Female(s) |
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Alpha Male(s) |
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Current Alpha Female |
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Current Alpha Male |
Casanova? |
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Members |
Unknown |
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Pup(s) |
Unknown |
The Druids wolf pack was formed 1996 were a group of relocated wolves were released into Yellowstone National Park. This pack grew fast from five mebers to and became one fo the biggest wolf packs in Yellowstone. The first alpha pair were #38 and #39. #40 assumed dominance after her mother #38 left. A roving male #31 joined the group from Chief Joseph Pack. #40 was killed and a female wolf named Chiderella assumed the position of Alpha female. The dominant male died . #21 took dominance after joining the group. After the died Cassinova and #480 took power. They reign for many years as the alpha pair.
All Known Members
38(Male)
Casanova
39(Female)
40(Female)
41(Female)
42 (Cinderella)
21(Male)
302 (Casanova)
480(Female)
History
April 1996: Five wolves #38 and #39, the alpha male and female, and female pups #40, #41, and #42 formed the Druids.
In 1996: During that first year in Yellowstone, a yearling male, #31, dispersed from the nearby Chief Joseph Pack and joined the group. Then alpha female #39 left the pack. Her daughter #40 became alpha female.
In 1997: #41 and #42 gave birth to two litters. the subordinate females, but none to the aggressive alpha female, #40. Lone wolf #39 reunited with the pack briefly.
November 1997: #39 left the pack for good with her daughter, #41 who have been driven off by #40.
December 1997: The pack’s two males, #31 and #38 were shot and killed. Roving male #21 joined Rose Creek Packfrom and became the alpha male.
1998: #42 (nickname Cinderella) gave birth to a litter. #40 attacked Cinderella in her den. None of her pups survived.
2000: Cinderella attacked and killed #40.Cinderella became the Alpha female. The females now started to have litters. Three were born this year, 21 pups in total. However oen died. Druids had 27 members at the end of the year.
2001: 10 pups were born to the adult females, Druids up to 37 members. They became the largest wolf back ever recorded.
2002: The Druids splinter in to small group. Three new pack were from; Agate Creek, Geode Creek, and Slough Creek packs, were created, each anchored by a former Druid female born at the same den in Lamar Valley in 1997. The Druids were left with 11 members by 2002’s end, including the matriarch, Cinderella, and the long-time alpha male, #21.
2003: #302 joined the Druis from Leopold Pack. He fathered all of the pups but Cunderella's. 17 members in 2003. #302 was nicked Casanova.
2004: Cinderella sadly died in a group encouter with a rival pack. #21 was found dead in the summer.
2005: Neighboring Slough Creek began to spend more time on the northwestern boundary of Druid territory. Slough Creek Pack and Druid Pack had many encounters, two females died. Druids left the Lamar Valley. No pups survived this year. 4 members at the end of the year.
2006: #480 and Casanova are the alpha pair. the two remain female gave birth to eight pups together. Druids reclaimed their former territory from the Slough Creek Pack. Druids moved into the Sada Butte and Lamar Valley.
2007: 6 pups were born that year.