aidan – Mar 4, 2011 12:00 AM

Since Maya's euthanasia, we are seeing some very subdued behavior by both Aidan and Denali, as well as some rank order tension. Their response to each other is very reserved, laying on separate dens, and not engaging unless it's to guard wolf care staff from each other (they have become possessive for attention which is usually a response of young animals to changes in the pack). Aidan has initiated some low throated howls, with Shadow responding, and sometimes Denali joining in. This pack of two is not behaving like a pack that deposed their leaders, but a pack showing separation anxiety at the loss of pack members. While we will never know what happened to Maya, this behavior isn't consistent with wolf initiated injuries.