shadow – Jan 20, 2012 12:00 AM

Shadow definitely shows his age and the cold weather this week made his joints a bit stiff. To help the wolves on these cold nights, we use ample amounts of straw to provide insulation. Obviously wolves in the wild wouldn't have straw, but they don't generally sleep in compacted snow which has lost its' insulating value. As we always say, it's our policy to provide the best management practices and if providing straw makes an old wolf more comfortable, that's the least we can do. Otherwise, Shadow continues to display a good attitude. On the Youtube posting this week, we see a clip from the surveillance camera where he gets up, stretches, then does an active scent roll on a deer leg. I don't know about you, but it takes a few cups of coffee for me to be that active in the morning.