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Wolves in Alaska

Denali National Park is the best place to see them

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Where to find: Wolves inhabit as much as 85 percent of Alaska, but they're rarely seen.

Wolves live across mainland Alaska, on Unimak Island in the Aleutians and on all the big islands of the Inside Passage except for Admiralty, Baranof and Chichagof islands.

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Wolf yawns in Denali National Park
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A wolf shows a formidable set of teeth as he yawns at Denali National Park after several hours of successful hunting for arctic ground squirrels.
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Wolves sometimes are seen in Denali National Park by passengers on wildlife-tour and shuttle buses.

Tips: Wolves breed in February and March, and litters averaging five pups are born in May or early June.

Wolf fur is valued by people in extremely cold climates because it doesn't collect frost when used as a ruff around a parka hood.

In urban Alaska, wolves sometimes slip into cities such as Ketchikan and even Anchorage, fighting with and killing pet dogs.

They live in such different habitats as rain forests and arctic tundra. When the habitat is best, wolves average 1 per 25 square miles. That density decreases toward the north and west.

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