malik – Jun 27, 2006 12:00 AM

Written by Wolf Ethology students; Alastair Small, Gery Egan, Gerald Egan. Meat and leftover pizza was hidden by wolf care staff around the enclosure to stir up interest among the pack. Malik explored the enclosure with a confident gait with a relaxed tail position. He RLU'd on a rock near the window, and defecated a few minutes later near by, marking the areas were food was located. He interacted a few times with other pack members. He approached Grizzer near the top of pond, Grizzer had a piece of food and growled at Malik. Grizzer wandered off and Malik got what was left. In another incident with Grizzer, Malik went up the hill above the pond away from the other wolves and found a piece of pizza. Grizzer came up and took it away from Malik, who then left, coming down to the bottom of the pond. Towards the end of the event, Malik showed his dominance over Maya, by raising his tail as he walked by. Throughout the entire program, Malik generally stayed away from the other wolves. When all the treats were found, Malik rested in the Sphinx position near Shadow.