mackenzie – Aug 13, 2007 12:00 AM

MacKenzie has been late to shed her coat this year. As her video shows, she still has a significant amount of undercoat, making her appear much larger than Lakota. Wolf care staff have been brushing the loose undercoat and hopefully will see a full shed by the end of the month. MacKenzie deals with the heat by finding a nice cool area of dirt in the shade, digging down a few inches and spending the day sprawled out. This isn’t much different than the rest of the wolves on site, or probably the wild wolves in the surrounding forest. MacKenzie’s video also shows her entering one of the den boxes, during a recent rainstorm, both the Retired wolves stayed dry and rested comfortably in the wood chips.