malik – Jun 22, 2009 12:00 AM

With summer brings heat, humidity, large crowds and various forms of stimuli for the wolves. During the Canine Cousins program today, the stimulus of two visiting dogs (belonging to Assistant Curator Donna Prichard) instigated a pack rally led by Shadow. During last night’s feeding, Malik was one of the first wolves on the carcass and defended his food from Grizzer, Aidan, Denali and Shadow. While Malik is the lowest ranking male, wolves have the right of possession, meaning that an item in a wolf’s possession belongs to that wolf and will not be taken away.