Traces of predation in the early winter

Why do they howl? At it's not easy to answer. Maybe they do it from starvation. It is believed that this is a roll of litter on the other hand, a signal to the collection, call for young parents. But hardly anyone really knows it. Whatever it was, that cry sometimes costly by wolves. Howling hunters opens the seat pack. This is based on locating wolf brood. So said Hunter, who is able to imitate the wolf's howl. Crafty vabelschik the evening goes to the woods, where suspects the presence of wolves, and from time to time it starts here and there howl like a wolf. He listens, not whether it will echo the voice of young wolves, and their votes determine where they stick around. Since the beginning of winter, wolves often live hand to mouth. Production is less than in summer, and it is more difficult to extract. Schooling life helps them to act together, work together to drive the large prey and do more daring attacks. In winter, wolves sometimes run up even on the streets of human settlements to seize the unwary dog ??or a pig was released from the yard. Sometimes they try to penetrate into the fold by force, undermine the driveway, pushing badly closed door. Until recently determined loss of wolves in 15 million rubles a year, and even now in some places, especially in pastoral areas of steppe and tundra wolves - the worst enemies of sheep farmers and herders. Since late January and February wolf friendship comes to an end. Begin wolf wedding. Nestle new couples, as well as the wolves of males more than females, it is far from peaceful. Wolves bite fiercely among themselves for the wolf and how mad rush across the fields. Torn coat, and sometimes blood marks the spot of the wolf tournaments. Old wolves before leaving the flock, usually in January. In February, quarrel and young, and the flock breaks up completely. In March of fledgling frozen snow wolf run even faster, and then recognize it is difficult to trace. On a solid, oledenevshey crust caked snow prints of his feet are almost invisible. She-wolf nurtures cubs about two months (63 days). Therefore, in late March IPT in April brings the matter wolf pups. Young wolf schenyatsya later old. Prior to this she-wolf begins to prepare itself lair. She chooses him in some lonely spot in the bushes, sheltered ravine, but certainly above the place where the melt water run, and always near the waterhole. The cubs are born blind and helpless, and the mother does not depart from them. Wolves have strongly developed family instinct. From the first days wolf-father diligently takes care of the wolf and brings her into the den to catch prey. Couples holding steady. From one year old wolf walks with the same wolf. The hunters say that if the old wolf was killed, the matter wolf is sometimes left in this year without brood. The same happens with the old wolf, who after the death wolf lived for some time alone.