malik – Jun 25, 2011 12:00 AM

Malik's hair loss has stopped and all spots are growing new hair. This situation was likely due to the fence contracting, a necessary part of enclosure work. Now that it's just staff working on the enclosure, he much better. The arctics are still far behind the other wolves in terms of shedding, and their undercoat tends to come out in long sheets or strings of hair. We had several days of rain and cold last week, and their extra hair proved to be a benefit. All the other wolves were doing curl rests to stay warm, Malik and Shadow continued to sprawl on the top of the den with no apparent impact from the temperatures.