WOLF-IN-A-BOX

Wildlife biologists had planned to release at least a dozen gray wolves in Yellowstone National Park this morning as part of a controversial plan to bring the species back to the Northern Rockies, but the eight that made it are hardly roaming free. Late Wednesday, a federal appeals court ordered the wolves locked up until at least Friday, when a judge will consider new pleas from ranchers who fear their cattle and sheep will become prey. Wildlife activists worry that the wolves will not fare well for long in their small, two-by-three-by-four-foot travel crates.