Shadow has really improved in his willingness to feed on carcasses around Malik. This is an odd relationship, where Shadow is dominant in every other encounter except food. Normally, if Malik is around, it only takes a lip curl from Malik and Shadow backs off. This behavior resulted in a change in feeding protocol for the retired pack over the last year. But, with Shadow successfully possessing beaver carcasses and deer legs, we may be ready to start with some larger feedings. For Saturday's feeding, we have a deer torso thawed and we will see how Shadow and Malik interact.
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As you read in Aidan's log, the sled dogs across the road caused a different reaction with each wolf. Denali showed very little interest, but did actively guard his food cache and ate a deer leg with a bit more vigor. Denali's personality has always been more tolerant of changes in his environment, where Aidan likes the routine of life.
We are trying many things to reduce some of the external stresses that may cause redirection to the omega and the pack as a whole. The rock project has been going well, instead of a large work crew as planned (we decided against it to reduce the stress to the pack), Assistant curator, Donna Prichard, Information Director, Jess Edberg and I are hauling and concreting the larger stabilizing rocks into the enclosure, with the wolves in the enclosure. The Working for Wolves crew on October 12th, will be hauling in the rip rap rock to layer the edge of the pond. They are very calm when we are working, as they trust the Wolf Care Staff. They actually follow us around with the cart, and watch us grunt and sweat. I think they're rather enjoying the fact that we're working and they're watching. We've not had an incident since last Friday.
Sorry for the delay in the logs, the water and sewer to the lab project starts today and the wolf care staff have been actively working on installing the stabalizing rocks for the pond rip rap project this weekend. The text this week will be the same for all wolves, the Exhibit pack remains calm with wolf care staff doing the brunt of the physical labor in their enclosure. MacKenzie and Lakota are doing great, it's hard to believe they're 14 years old when you see them pounce around the pen. We found 2 dead ravens in the enclosure yesterday, certainly their predatory and territorial defense skills are alive and well. Grizzer's testing seems to have diminished, but we anticipate some anxiety when the construction project and heavy equipment gets underway. The next set of logs will be written by the "Workin' for Wolves" participants and should be on time.
Sorry for the delay in the logs, the water and sewer to the lab project starts today and the wolf care staff have been actively working on installing the stabalizing rocks for the pond rip rap project this weekend. The text this week will be the same for all wolves, the Exhibit pack remains calm with wolf care staff doing the brunt of the physical labor in their enclosure. MacKenzie and Lakota are doing great, it's hard to believe they're 14 years old when you see them pounce around the pen. We found 2 dead ravens in the enclosure yesterday, certainly their predatory and territorial defense skills are alive and well. Grizzer's testing seems to have diminished, but we anticipate some anxiety when the construction project and heavy equipment gets underway. The next set of logs will be written by the "Workin' for Wolves" participants and should be on time.
Sorry for the delay in the logs, the water and sewer to the lab project starts today and the wolf care staff have been actively working on installing the stabalizing rocks for the pond rip rap project this weekend. The text this week will be the same for all wolves, the Exhibit pack remains calm with wolf care staff doing the brunt of the physical labor in their enclosure. MacKenzie and Lakota are doing great, it's hard to believe they're 14 years old when you see them pounce around the pen. We found 2 dead ravens in the enclosure yesterday, certainly their predatory and territorial defense skills are alive and well. Grizzer's testing seems to have diminished, but we anticipate some anxiety when the construction project and heavy equipment gets underway. The next set of logs will be written by the "Workin' for Wolves" participants and should be on time.
Sorry for the delay in the logs, the water and sewer to the lab project starts today and the wolf care staff have been actively working on installing the stabalizing rocks for the pond rip rap project this weekend. The text this week will be the same for all wolves, the Exhibit pack remains calm with wolf care staff doing the brunt of the physical labor in their enclosure. MacKenzie and Lakota are doing great, it's hard to believe they're 14 years old when you see them pounce around the pen. We found 2 dead ravens in the enclosure yesterday, certainly their predatory and territorial defense skills are alive and well. Grizzer's testing seems to have diminished, but we anticipate some anxiety when the construction project and heavy equipment gets underway. The next set of logs will be written by the "Workin' for Wolves" participants and should be on time.
Sorry for the delay in the logs, the water and sewer to the lab project starts today and the wolf care staff have been actively working on installing the stabalizing rocks for the pond rip rap project this weekend. The text this week will be the same for all wolves, the Exhibit pack remains calm with wolf care staff doing the brunt of the physical labor in their enclosure. MacKenzie and Lakota are doing great, it's hard to believe they're 14 years old when you see them pounce around the pen. We found 2 dead ravens in the enclosure yesterday, certainly their predatory and territorial defense skills are alive and well. Grizzer's testing seems to have diminished, but we anticipate some anxiety when the construction project and heavy equipment gets underway. The next set of logs will be written by the "Workin' for Wolves" participants and should be on time.
Sorry for the delay in the logs, the water and sewer to the lab project starts today and the wolf care staff have been actively working on installing the stabalizing rocks for the pond rip rap project this weekend. The text this week will be the same for all wolves, the Exhibit pack remains calm with wolf care staff doing the brunt of the physical labor in their enclosure. MacKenzie and Lakota are doing great, it's hard to believe they're 14 years old when you see them pounce around the pen. We found 2 dead ravens in the enclosure yesterday, certainly their predatory and territorial defense skills are alive and well. Grizzer's testing seems to have diminished, but we anticipate some anxiety when the construction project and heavy equipment gets underway. The next set of logs will be written by the "Workin' for Wolves" participants and should be on time.
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.
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