He wasn’t happy to see the collar on the animal in the bed of the pickup. For the second time that month, he’d be calling the wolf office in Yellowstone to tell Doug Smith that another one of his wolves had been shot in Crandall. Bruscino pulled the collar off the gray and took a look at the serial number printed on the inside surface. It meant nothing to him, but Smith would know which pack she came from. He called and left a message on his voicemail, reading off the serial number so that Smith would have it when he returned to the office.
“He wasn’t happy to see the collar on the animal in the bed of the pickup. For the second time that month, he’d be calling the wolf office in Yellowstone to tell Doug Smith that another one of his wolves had been shot in Crandall. Bruscino pulled the collar off the gray and took a look at the serial number printed on the inside surface. It meant nothing to him, but Smith would know which pack she came from. He called and left a message on his voicemail, reading off the serial number so that Smith would have it when he returned to the office.”