TWISP, Wash. (AP) — The mother wolf of the state's first confirmed pack of wolves in 70 years is missing.
The Wenatchee World reports that biologists don't know where the alpha female wolf has gone and they fear that, at worst, someone killed her. Although there's also the possibility that the radio collar biologists equipped her with has stopped working. Her radio collar stopped transmitting a signal on May 12.
Department of Fish and Wildlife biologist Scott Fitkin says the collars are supposed to work for four years.
The wolf pack, which numbers at least seven, settled in the Okanogan National Forest area, near Twisp in north central Washington. Their presence was confirmed in 2008. Two wolves were collared.
Fitkin says the collar on the alpha male of the pack is still working.
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Information from: The Wenatchee World, http://www.wenatcheeworld.com
