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What is a gray wolf rendezvous site?
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Gray wolf (Canis lupus).
A gray wolf rendezvous site is an aboveground location where wolf pups are moved after spending their first few weeks in a den.12
During the spring and summer, these sites serve as the geographic focus of the pack's activities. While the adult wolves are away hunting, the pups remain at the rendezvous site to play and sleep. As the summer progresses and the pups grow, the pack moves them to different rendezvous sites with increasing frequency and distance until the pack begins traveling again within its territory in the autumn.12