Preparing to Tranquilize a Gray Wolf from the Air as Part of the Species Reintroduction Effort, 1995

Helicopter in the center of the photo, seen from above, flying over a snowy environment, just above tree-top level (several trees are in the foreground); a Gray Wolf can be seen running through the trees in the lower right.
Photo By/Credit

LuRay Parker/Wyoming Fish and Game Department

Date Shot/Created
01/07/1995
Media Usage Rights/License
Public Domain
Image
A U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service helicopter flies over a Gray Wolf (lower right) in preparation to tranquilize the animal for capture as part of an on-going effort to reintroduce the species into central Idaho and Yellowstone National Park. Alberta, Canada, January 7-8, 1995.
Subject tags
Aviation
History
International conservation
Species reintroduction
Work of the Service