malik – Jul 17, 2006 12:00 AM

Malik is doing well, still starting issues with Maya, that Shadow immediately solves. During the feeding, Malik had possession of food and Maya came over to food beg. When he started growling and hard muzzle biting Maya, Shadow immediately came over to show posture his dominance in front of Malik. While Shadow was occupying Malik's attention, Maya took off with the meat. There was plenty of meat fed, so all wolves got their share. Lately, since the heat is likely to discourage the wolves from eating, wolf care staff have been "enhancing" the average beaver dinner. Staff put bacon in the beavers mouth, remove the stomach and intestines, and replace it with unusual treats (frozen cornish game hens, fish, pork sausage, etc) and inject the flesh of the beaver with beef broth. The wolves are extremely excited to investigate these upscale beaver, and readily eat. This allows them to consume food while it's fresh, rather than let the food gather flies in this heat. The trade-off is that they are very full on the day after the feeding and rarely come out of their den for daily programs.