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We’ve had a lot of animal activity outside of the enclosures recently. Earlier this week, a volunteer who had stayed overnight at the center woke to Grizzer bark-howling. This is often a territorial response, a severe warning to another that they need to back off. We do know that there is a wolf that has […]
On the night that Shadow made his final journey with the Wolf Care staff to the University of Minnesota Diagnostic Lab, Grizzer had several bouts of howling. No doubt, the activity of all the wolf care staff in the yard is unsettling for Grizzer. There have been many emergencies when he was the source of […]
One thing we know about wolves that have been through some loss of a packmate is that they can have some impacts on their behaviors. Whether people term it sadness, sense of loss or separation anxiety, we know there are differences. In the past month, we have reported that Shadow had been howling more and […]
Aidan has been spending a fair amount of time posturing over Denali. This behavior has been observed multiple times in the last week. It’s hard to say if it has any correlation to the changes here, but all the howling from Shadow and Grizzer may be influencing him.
We are very aware of the impact Malik’s loss may have on Shadow. Nancy Gibson, the Center’s co-founder and board member who bottle fed Shadow and Malik, has been here since Monday spending time with Shadow to help him through any separation anxiety. We know his howling has increased and he has been very quick […]
As we observed Malik and studied the surveillance cameras, we did identify a strong connection between Malik and Grizzer with several howling bouts between them in the last week. This was very unusual in many ways. Malik rarely started howls in retirement, he usually responded to Shadow’s howling. But, starting on Monday night the 17th, […]
This log written by Wolf Care Staff volunteer, Cameron Feaster. The effects of winter still seem to occupy Shadow. This is particularly noticeable when Shadow greets wolf care staff, where he briefly turns into what seems like an excitable 90-pound pup. In this week’s youtube video, you can see Shadow performing more snow-plowing behavior right […]
I am so sorry if my lack of posting for Shadow caused concern that something happened to Shadow. During the academic year, I teach full time at the college and I am only at the Center 30 hours a week. Well, that 30 hours a week is mostly spent with wolves, deer carcasses, invoices, USDA […]
Shadow’s getting his groove back, at least his howling anyway. I did a Behind the Scenes on Thursday and he started some whining and tried to howl. I started a low throated tone and he switched octaves and joined me. I know people miss the web cam, but a torrential downpour flooded and shorted out […]
By John Hart, Wildlife Biologist, U.S. Department of Agriculture – Wildlife Services, Minnesota The positions expressed reflect the views of the authors or organizations cited and does not necessarily reflect the views of the International Wolf Center. The old phrase to “keep the wolf from the door”, took on new meaning for me recently. A […]
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