Nice look at the pups of the Boulder Bed Rapids Pack following their mom this August. The pack had 7 pups this spring, the largest litter we documented this spring. It appears 4 maybe 5 of the pups are still alive. Hard to tell exactly how many pups there were because they were milling about. Either way, that is a pretty good survival rate at that point of the year. However, it is highly likely some of these pups did not survive the dire period of time in late August and September when many pups die because the parents are not able to acquire enough food for the pups. Recent footage and footage from this winter should be telling in this regard. Notably, the average pack in our area over the past 7 years has reared an average of 1.3 pups to adulthood meaning that ~71% of pups do not survive.