Denali – First at the table

When getting dinner ready for the wolves, we will typically try to pull them into our medical pen so that we can place the food in the enclosure with ease. Recently however, Denali seems to be the only one that goes into the medical pen when we need them all to. This has resulted in us just holding Denali off while we place the food in the enclosure. Recently we’ve done away with that method, it forces Denali to be the last at the carcass, and in the wolf pack, it’s not always the largest or the most dominant that eats. Any wolf that possesses food has the right to defend it, so a lower ranking animal may guard the food from the rest of the pack if they possess it first.