By Amy Sinatra Ayres | vetstreet.com



In May, we told you about the five adorable gray wolf pups firefighters rescued from the massive Funny River wildfire in Alaska. Officials think their parents abandoned the then 2-week-old pups in their den because of the fire and activities of firefighters in the area.

The two females and three males recovered at the Alaska Zoo until Tuesday, when they were flown via Delta Airlines to their new permanent home at the Minnesota Zoo. The lively pups, who are now 9 weeks old, will remain a pack. One pup is named X-Ray, after the fire crew that saved them. The others were named after the hometowns of the four firefighters who saved them: Gannett, Hooper, Huslia and Stebbins. "They are growing but still adorable," said Minnesota Zoo spokesman Josh Le. - Read it at Minnesota's Star Tribune

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