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Renowned Oregon Wolf OR-7 Is A Father Again

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In this remote camera photo taken May 3, 2014, and provided by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, the wolf OR-7 stands on the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest in southwest Oregon’s Cascade Mountains.";

Gray wolf OR-7 may be quite long in the tooth, but he’s still got what it takes in the den.

Federal wolf biologists released new trail-camera footage Tuesday showing that OR-7 and his mate had three pups this spring.

This is the fifth consecutive year that Oregon’s celebrity canis lupus had at least one pup.

OR-7, more than 9 years old, has now sired 16 known pups. 

Read the whole story at the Mail Tribune.