mackenzie – Oct 3, 2002 12:00 AM

As Gretchen Diessner and Andrea Lorek Strauss were leaving from the office, heard loud barking, went back to check and observed MacKenzie growling at Shadow through the fence. Shadow jumped high along fence, lunging at MacKenzie. MacKenzie continued to growl, bark and bite at the plywood barrier. Tried to distract verbally, but no response, left them to calm down on their own." Curator's note: Redirected aggression during times of stress is not uncommon for wolves. The on-site construction brings new equipment and people, causing the wolves to become agitated and nervous, sometimes resulting in a redirect to each other. The other problem is the current shared fence line allows the wolves contact with each other even though there is a plywood barrier. The completion of the retirement pen (being built away from the main enclosure) will happen soon, and we expect the back of the wolf yard to return to a calm state with only wolf care staff visiting the wolves.