Summary Of Wolf Packs

Wolf packs contain a social hierarchy that is held together by dominant and subordinate members (Baan et al. 2014). Within this hierarchal society there is an alpha, that holds the highest amount of dominance, followed by their subordinates (Bradshaw et al. 2009). Several focal points of this study will come from the behaviors observed, such as submission, aggression, social or solitary play, feeding, resting and pacing. The demonstrations of behaviors are seen as indicators to the pack member’s social rank. We found that the wolves who are the more dominant tend to be less active, older in age, and more aggressive towards their other pack members, whereas, subordinates tend to be more active, younger, and more submissive to the dominant