Park biologists suspect canine parvovirus is responsible for a drop in Yellowstone’s wolf population, but they said they will let nature take its course.

Biologists suspect that it was introduced to Yellowstone by a tourist’s infected dog or a coyote. Because parvo is so hardy, it persists in the soil for months. A wolf could catch it from simply sniffing contaminated soil, the biologists said.

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