when a team of wildlife experts set out to film the return of wolves to the north west of the us,
they first had to find the pack. so how did they track down these elusive creatures?
"when you see a wolf track there's no mistaking it. it's just like bam, now that's a wolf track,"
said biologist and wolf-tracker isaac babcock. he was working in the cascade range of mountains with
conservationist jasmine minbashian and wildlife cameraman gordon buchanan, following the fortunes of
the lookout pack, for a bbc and discovery channel co-production.
the lookout pack recolonised the land after moving south from a grey wolf stronghold in canada, and
were the first breeding pack of wolves in the mountains for more than 70 years. for 20 of those,
jasmine has been working in wildlife conservation. "it has been that long that i've been hoping that
wolves would return to the cascade mountains, and sure enough they did," she said.
they first had to find the pack. so how did they track down these elusive creatures?
"when you see a wolf track there's no mistaking it. it's just like bam, now that's a wolf track,"
said biologist and wolf-tracker isaac babcock. he was working in the cascade range of mountains with
conservationist jasmine minbashian and wildlife cameraman gordon buchanan, following the fortunes of
the lookout pack, for a bbc and discovery channel co-production.
the lookout pack recolonised the land after moving south from a grey wolf stronghold in canada, and
were the first breeding pack of wolves in the mountains for more than 70 years. for 20 of those,
jasmine has been working in wildlife conservation. "it has been that long that i've been hoping that
wolves would return to the cascade mountains, and sure enough they did," she said.
