Grizzer – Enjoying Staff Time

Grizzer gets a full check of teeth, gums, eyes, ears, tick check and gets the benefit of wolf care grooming.  He seems to enjoy it.  We commented on a previous Youtube that Grizzer would be moved to the “East Side” retirement area while the pups use the “Pack Holding Area”, but I should have qualified that statement.  The pups will not be ready for the “Pack Holding Area” until the end of June, so Grizzer has some time to be sharing the pup experience with a direct view of the pups as they leave the Wolf Care Center for programs.  We will continue to give Grizzer much greater access to the pups than any other retired wolves have had.  During the Working for Wolves program, we did some enclosure work so Grizzer can continue to use the “Back Habitat” in addition to the “East Side”retired enclosure once the pups move into the “Pack Holding Area”.  As he travels from one space to the other, he will share a fence-line with the pups out of the watchful eye of the Exhibit Pack.  Grizzer is the first Retired wolf to have face to face contact with the pups, and he does have contact.  Every evening, when the hectic daytime exhibit quiets, he spends time whining and howling to the pups who are separated by a small vestibule and a large guillotine door.