shadow – Jun 22, 2009 12:00 AM

With summer brings heat, humidity, large crowds and various forms of stimuli for the wolves. While Shadow typically chooses to eat without a crowd watching, he was the first on the carcass at this week’s feeding, grabbing onto it and pulling it away as the rest of the pack approached. He defended it briefly and then remained to feed as the rest of the pack joined in. During the Canine Cousins program today, the stimulus of two visiting dogs (belonging to Assistant Curator Donna Prichard) instigated a pack rally led by Shadow. Following the rally, Shadow reasserted his dominance over the yearlings, Aidan and Denali, as they solicited attention and reassurance from Shadow.