luna – Aug 10, 2012 12:00 AM

At the end of the Behavioral Observation week, I asked the team members to write a paragraph about their impression of the individual wolves. The following logs were written by Behavioral Team Members:<br> Pat Middleton<br> Wendy Watson<br> Cheri Ward<br> "This week, Luna was observed to be a strong confident pup with no fear. After the first day of the introduction, she did finally submit to Aidan and was later seen during the week to have strong social interactions with Aidan. She also has a strong predatory drive as is evident with stalking, ambushes, pouncing and head shaking behavior. She is very good at picking her moments to engage in the pack play sequences to ambush and stalk." <br. Curator's note: We continue to give Luna nutritional supplements twice a day as well as attempt to feed. Their preference seems to be a carcass in the pen rather than small amounts hand delivered. We see the best weight increase when they are allowed to feed on deer, beaver or moose in the enclosure whenever they choose. We continue to weigh the wolves every morning and the following are the weights since the last posting.<br> <li> 8/3/2012 132 39.68<li> 8/4/2012 133 n/a<li> 8/5/2012 134 39.24<li> 8/6/2012 135 40.12<li> 8/7/2012 136 40.56<li> 8/8/2012 137 41.41<li> 8/9/2012 138 41.41<li> 8/10/2012 139 42.33