Residents of Prince Rupert, B.C., are getting nervous about the number of wolves turning up around town.
In less than a year, there have been 136 wolf sightings reported by the residents of the isolated coastal community.
I have been lucky enough to track and film the pack of wolves that live near Prince Rupert, BC over the last 3 years. We have shared many encounters with these magnificent animals. I have too say that I never felt threatened by the wolves. When you are in the animals domain you need to understand the animal you are tracking and give them the area to roam around and check you out before getting close to a wild animal. Most of the encounters we have had were in a 5 mile radius of the den site.
Hi Yes its been a bit slow here as of late; We have made some changes to the web site, we had some problems and the site went down for a week. I’m glad we are back up and I hope you enjoy the new layout and color.
As for the Kaien Island wolf pack, They have been staying mostly out of town, Only a few times they have been spotted. I have reports of wolves being seen out at the Riddly Island log sort. Other then that the wolves seem to be in good shape, pack numbers about the same as previous year. 7 to 8 individuals.
As I said a few weeks ago we would start to see wolves around town and sure enough they are around. A wolf was in our yard Monday morning and it also went after the next door neighbor’s dog, he had to get a few stitches to his behind. This morning you could hear them howling around the seaplane base.
So watch your pets, don’t leave them out over night. don’t leave food out or garbage.
Every year In Aug the pack of wolves start to come in to town more often, I have already received reports of wolves been spotted in and around the town. The wolves have been staying close to the den site since the pups were born back in March, April.
The Pups are big enough to travel with the pack, and the Pack will be introducing the new members to the area.
There have been a few wolves killed over the last 6 months in and around Port Ed. Stacey and Myself have not had the time to track and photograph the wild coast wolf, but we are hoping next year we will have a boat and will be looking at the other packs that live in the area.
I have heard a few times people spotting a black wolf in and around Prince Rupert, BC he has been seen mostly around Butsy rapids lately with a 2 other wolves from the Kaien Island pack. from the descriptions given he may have taken over the alpha spot. Last spring and summer a Black wolf spotted out at Kloya bay and this wolf could be the same one?
