
A researcher examines the remains of a large male wild boar that was killed and eaten by two wild Eurasian gray wolves being studied
by the Carpathian Large Carnivore Project near Zarnesti, Romania.
A pack consisting of only two wolves would have trouble killing a healthy male wild boar of this size, so it may have
been sick or previously injured by hunters. The kill site was located about a half kilometer from a small ski area
where skiers were swishing down the slopes as the research team investigated. The site was analysed, the remains
weighed, and the head collected in order to estimate the size and age of the wolves' prey.
In Dreaming of Wolves you can experience the excitement of this and other
discoveries as the wolves of Transylvania are monitored and tracked and their dramatic story of hunting, mating,
and raising their young – including their conflicts with humans – unfolds in the
snow-covered mountain forests of Romania.
