Fans of one of Yellowstone National Park’s most popular wolves are mourning her death. The young female, 1479F, was reportedly shot legally by a hunter this month after straying out of the park and into Montana.

Wolf 1479F was about 2.5 years old and was reportedly killed by a hunter last week, followers of the popular wolf told Cowboy State Daily.

Requests for confirmation and details of the wolf’s death from Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks and the National Park Service weren’t answered by publication time.

Wolf 1479’s death could rekindle the debate over allowing wolves to be hunted near the park’s boundaries in Wyoming, Montana and Idaho.

Adding to the impact of 1479F’s death on the wolf-watching community is the fact that she could have been an offspring of one of Yellowstone’s mos

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