grizzer – Dec 24, 2010 12:00 AM

Grizzer's head wounds are healing well, with the exception of a small area that had a suture pulled by Maya's grooming behavior. I have been asked, why not pull Grizzer off the Exhibit until he has fully healed? The answer is, if I took Grizzer out and left Denali in, Denali would think he won, and would likely never let Grizzer back in. Even in the short time while Grizzer was immobilized, Denali was in the Exhibit raised leg urinating and marking, until we had Grizzer safely in the lab and we moved Denali into holding. Grizzer needs the confidence to be a dominant wolf, and he gets this confidence from Maya and Aidan.