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Private Encounter with a Wild Wolf

by Deby Dixon "Spitfire" of the Lamar Canyon Pack, later collared as 926F Late April of 2013 and I'd been visiting Yellowstone National Park nearly everyday for six month, in…
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Yellowstone Visitors Need to See the Wolves in Order to Care about them. Spitfire’s Legacy

by Deby Dixon Spitfire, Fall of 2016, by Deby Dixon Recently, I've posted a series of articles about issues that have arisen since the death of Spitfire.  My intent was…
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ETHICS OF WOLF PHOTOGRAPHY IN YELLOWSTONE NP

by Deby Dixon, a wolf photographer and advocate Spitfire, March 2013 Recently, Spitfire, or wolf #926F, was killed by a hunter in Silver Gate, MT, only a mile from the…
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Collaring Wolves in Yellowstone

A recipe for habituating wolves? Yellowstone Wolf Project collars more wolves Less than a week after we learned that Yellowstone Wolf Project leader, Doug Smith, is considering hazing wolves in…
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How Wolves Become Habituated to Humans in Yellowstone National Park

Lamar Canyon Gray Pup with no Fear of Humans, Roads or Vehicles "Despite no close human contact, and only being watched through scopes for about one month, at approximately 600…
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Lamar Canyon Wolf, 926F, aka Spitfire, Killed by Hunter

As you already know, our girl, "The Little Wolf that Could," was killed by a Montana hunter on November 24, 2018.  I have followed this wolf since she was 1.5…
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Holding Vigil in Lamar

At this moment I am sitting with one eye on the Lamar den area and another on this computer.  Holding vigil - hoping and praying for a sighting and a…
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The Spitfire Family

Yes, that is what you think it is!  A mini-version of Spitfire running though the sagebrush in their current rendezvous area. First, let me apologize for the lack of posts…
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More about Spitfire aka 926F aka mama aka valley girl…

Officially, the day I met Spitfire was the first day that 06' showed her 2011 pups to the world, though it took me some time to realize that her and…
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Spitfire continued

After only three days at home, 820, her daddy and 776 left once again, returning to the east and no doubt the area that much of the pack would call…
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How I came to know Spitfire

My story of coming to know Spitfire, from the beginning   (this is but an overview of events - when I tell the whole story in its final form, there…
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