lakota – Oct 6, 2008 12:00 AM

Written by assistant wolf curator, Donna Prichard:<br>This past weekend, the Workin’ For Wolves program was dedicated to making huge improvements in Lakota’s enclosure. Lori, the wolf curator, and Donna, the assistant curator, must first send out a HUGE thank you to those participants. This was the most work ever in a Workin’ For Wolves weekend! We couldn’t have done it without you! Life for Lakota is going very well; she has gained back her confidence and is eating regularly, though she was not happy about having to stay in the pup pen for two days while the work was being done in her enclosure. However, this morning, she was able to go into her new enclosure. In short, the retired enclosure was almost doubled in size, giving her much more space to explore and dig her infamous dens, a “Virtual Rock was placed in her enclosure to serve as a den, which is housed on top of an insulated platform built by two of our participants, groundwire was installed along the expanded fenceline, old brush/downed wood was removed to make maneuvering for her easier, five new trees were planted, and rocks were placed around the new pond. Lakota spent much time exploring the improvements and seemed to approve. With the expansion of the retired enclosure, access to the pup pen, and access to the wolf yard, she will have ample opportunity to be mobile and investigate all the areas.