Lone wolves don't do as well as packs, and the female will have trouble if she gives birth to pups on her own. Debbie Miller also said the young female wolf appeared to be starving. That's unlikely, biologists said. She had been in the wild only two weeks. She was well-fed in captivity and weighed about 49 pounds when released.
People think they're big, bad killing machines.
In fact, the Mexican subspecies is among the smallest of the North American gray wolves sometimes called lobos. Adults weigh 50 to 90 pounds and grow up to 32 inches tall. Wolf watching About 30 miles away from the Millers in the Black Range, Matt and Laura Schneberger have seen another lone female wolf at their Rafter Spear Ranch. The Campbell Blue Pack female separated from her mate and has been traveling extensively, spending more than 30 days on the Schneberger's ranch since mid- December. She has fed on a cow carcass there but doesn't seem to have killed any cattle herself.