shadow – Aug 16, 2000 12:00 AM

All wolves asleep by 12:45 with the pups laying about 12 feet apart in the grass of the lower enclosure. The adults slept in the straw beds next to the observation window. There was no further activity until 5:30 am when the pups woke up and approached the adults and then went exploring. At 5:40 am, Malik re-appears with the squirrel that is likely to be Mackenzie's earlier catch. Shadow and Malik tug on the squirrel until they tear it in 2 halves. This brought the interest of the adults and Lakota attempted to take the squirrel away from Shadow. Shadow aggressively growled and snapped at Lakota and managed to keep the squirrel. Malik cached his 1/2 then attempted to take Shadow's 1/2 of the squirrel. Shadow aggressively growled and barred teeth at Malik when guarding, Malik growled back and later let go. Shadow continued to possess the squirrel until all wolves headed for the woods at 6:15 am.