shadow – May 13, 2011 12:00 AM

Of all the wolves that causes us concern during a work project, Shadow is the most likely to show anxiety and bark howl at the work crews. At least, that was his past behavior. But, not this year… Shadow was amazingly tolerant, even on Sunday morning when the crew split up with 1/2 half of the crew working on the medical pen and the other half clearing branches in Grizzer's new habitat. Shadow and Malik were perched on the den watching the crew come and go, even when the rains started. If you recall in a recent log, we were going to recommend a new behavior towards the wolves by work crews. This included no direct eye contact, no cameras, no focus on the wolves at all, just go about the task of working, and that approach, seemed to work.