Luna – Focusing on Scavengers from Above

Luna has a strong predatory drive which stimulates her stalking and ambushing behaviors.  She can be an indiscriminate stalker, going after Boltz, Denali or Aidan, but lately, she has turned her focus to the scavengers from above, namely, ravens.  As the fall and winter approaches, there will be more interactions between Luna, who is extremely food possessive and the many scavengers who frequent the Exhibit Pack territory.  Lately, Luna’s also been chasing her fellow pack mates off of her food possessions.  During last week’s “What’s for Dinner program”, she gathered all 4 beaver in a pile, ate about 10 lbs of meat, then slept on the rest.  Staff had to draw the wolves off and redistribute the beaver to get the other wolves a chance to eat (and that wasn’t until 3 pm on Sunday).   Today, when I came in for Wolf Care, Luna had killed and was possessing a raven.  Speaking of Scavenger’s from above, we are offering a program that not only investigates the relationship of ravens to our captive wolves, but includes a field visit to wild wolf territory to learn about ravens, eagles and vultures as they scavenge on wild wolf kills.  For more details, follow this link to learn about the Scavengers take Flight program.