Photo Gallery The Wolves Are Back
There are now four healthy wolf packs living in Germany. And this year, 15 pups were born, including this four-month-old near the small eastern German town of Spreewitz.
Wolves can have as many as eight pups in a litter. They live with their mothers for up to two years before moving on in search of their own territories.
This mother wolf is the Grande Dame of one of the four packs now living in Germany's east.
Wolves have been protected by the European Union for almost two decades and are bouncing back all over Europe -- like these two living in France.
The wolf's kill. The predator eats almost every part of its prey apart from the intestines, which are often left intact next to the carcass.
Wolves frequently leave their scat to mark their territory.
Wolf prints can reveal a lot about the animal's behavior. These tracks show that the wolf was trotting, because the hind legs have landed in the same place as the forelegs.
The wolf's double paw print after trotting. When the wolf has been running the paw prints lie at an angle to each other.
