Oregon Fish and Wildlife is giving us our first look at the newest members of the state’s growing wolf population.
The three photos, released late Wednesday afternoon, show the two pups born this year to the Wenaha wolf pack in Northeast Oregon.
ODFW captured, weighed and measured, then released the pups last Friday.
As far as anyone knows, these are the first two pups born in the Wenaha pack. ODFW says they appeared healthy. They were too young to be collared, but an adult in the pack was outfitted with a radio collar earlier this month.
There are three photos to show you.
In this image, wildlife officials are weighing one of the Wenaha pups. ODFW photo.
One of the two Wenaha pack wolf pups. ODFW photo.
A Wenaha wolf pup being released. ODFW photo.
Combined with the four new pups in the Imnaha pack, Oregon’s small population of wolves has at least 20 members, up from 14 last year.
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