maya – Oct 22, 2007 12:00 AM

Maya was the only wolf that wouldn’t go into holding on the morning the contractors scheduled work inside of the enclosure. So, she was given a light sedative, and allowed to stay and watch. She stayed back from the action, and slept through most of it, but was alert to movement of staff and workers. She has been very active scent marking every new scent as a result of the rock hauling and construction. Wolf care staff will need to work on the anxiety issues with the holding area; we don’t want to display this anxious behavior when the pups are introduced. It will take some creative thinking in order to positively condition Maya to the holding pen gates.