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known for its howling. “It is this eerie howling that has probably inspired the tales that have arisen about the wolf,” writes Dr. Mech. “The animal is thought capable of choosing any prey and running it down with impunity.
“Its weight, usually 60 to 120 pounds, is often grossly exaggerated, and so is the size of its packs, rarely more than twenty members and usually fewer than ten.”
In a natural population of wolves, where man has not interfered, all the available space is taken up by packs. Each occupies a territory of its own, overlapping little with neighboring packs, except possibly on the tundra. There, during much of the year, the need for migration seems to result in greater tolerance among groups.
“Exclusive spacing of pack territories may be maintained by howling and by scent marking—a ritualistic
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