Another fact that we learned is that wolf pups weigh a pound at will kill prey only when they are hungry. People capture wolves and put radios on them so they can watch them all of the time. The gray wolf's cousins are in the dog family. The wolf's closest relative is the red wolf. The red wolf is an entirely different animal than the gray wolf.
Red wolves look much like gray wolves, but they are larger than foxes and smaller than gray wolves.
We have also learned that people have often thought of wolves as being dangerous. As far back as the 1600's, wolves were shot and trapped wherever they were found. Wild wolves almost never attack people, yet people have made them an endangered animal by continuing to kill them. We also learned that the pack's female leader usually is the only one to have pups. She will have 5 to 14 pups in her litter or group of babies.