At 3:45 this afternoon, the first 6 of 14 Canadian wolves to be released in the park this spring were let out of their one-acre holding pen.

Q. When your team released the first Canadian gray wolves in 1995, did you think the reintroduction would succeed?

Meanwhile, Canadian wolves are migrating southward on their own into northern Montana and Idaho.

There had been sightings of lone wolves or pairs in the Yellowstone area before the Canadian wolves were brought in, but the Government discounted those reports.

Canadian wolves were introduced to these two areas in 1995 and 1996, and natural reproduction has steadily expanded their populations since then.

Its fur and size are so similar to that of large Canadian wolves that their pelts are often sold together.

They found a forest haven that was free of predators until 1949, when Canadian wolves, perhaps only a mated pair, made a run across a rare ice bridge.

Julie shows up to stop the young black she-wolf, informing her about a Canadian wolf infected with rabies, and how Nutik and Uqaq need their shots.

Scientists say that wild Canadian wolves, following an ancient territorial imperative, are already expanding their range in Quebec toward the United States.

Thirty-three Canadian wolves were trapped and brought to Yellowstone in 1995 and 1996; there are now about 97.