What is a wolf rendezvous site?

A wolf rendezvous site is an aboveground location where a wolf pack moves its pups after they have been weaned from their mother’s milk, typically a few weeks after birth.1

During the spring and summer, these sites serve as the geographic focus of the pack's activities. While the adults go out to hunt, the pups remain at the rendezvous site to play and sleep. As the summer progresses, the pack moves the pups to different locations farther away and more frequently, until the pack begins traveling across its territory again in the autumn.1