maya – May 16, 2005 12:00 AM

Maya's behavior since the loss of Nyssa has been extremely submissive to staff and the other wolves. She has been observed spending time near the holding gates, but mostly found up in the woods near the arctic wolves. There has been limited social behavior between the pack, but Grizzer and Maya were observed interacting late Sunday afternoon. There has been much howling on site, but I also noticed wild wolf scent marking outside of the secondary fence this morning. The location of the Wolf Center in the heart of wolf country makes the visit of wild wolves to the enclosure highly probable. The territorial defense behavior of the captives to these visiting canids (can be towards dogs as well), has been well documented.