lakota – Aug 13, 2007 12:00 AM

Lakota is doing well; we received a recent email expressing concern that Lakota had died because a photo on the webcam stalled while she was sleeping in the sun. The camera was off for 2 days, showing her in the same position. We can assure you that while she likes to take naps in the sun, even on the hottest days, she is active and agile and wolf care staff check on her multiple times a day, in additon to a monitor in the building which is on during business hours. If you see an image that shows a wolf not moving, always check the date and time on the image to see if the camera has stalled. Power outages and mystery technology woes can affect the camera image. Because of Lakota's desire to sleep in the sun, the wolf care staff not only treat her facial growth with antibiotics, but also zinc oxide to reduce any sun sensitivity. Please be assured that if anything happens to Lakota or MacKenzie, we will post the news on the web logs, but today, the only news to report is that Lakota seems to be as spry as ever, MacKenzie on the other hand, is showing her age.