Originally Posted By: ChorizoThey are there, but they are just transients. Only if a pack or group establishes itself do they mark it. In other words, there are lots and lots of single wolves or small groups running around with no established territory that are not being counted.
Most of them are younger wolves that are either looking for a prey base or mates to establish a territory.
Or, they are well established, but the biologists haven't been able to confirm it yet, so it isn't documented. That is the problem with the estimates, the biologists really have no real clue how many animals they are dealing with, or where they are.
