shadow – Dec 23, 2011 12:00 AM

Shadow had several observations where he was lying in the back of the enclosure defending his food. This is a new behavior for him, generally food possession was Malik's strongest behavior. It's always apparent when Shadow is physically feeling good, he has a spring in his step and a whirl behavior that is often the actions of younger wolves. It may be a reflection on this uncharacteristically warm weather. In previous winters, we would have had several nights below zero by now. In recent week's, we have rarely been below 10 degrees. That's probably pleasurable for wolves nearing 12 years old, even if they are Arctic subspecies.