Puppies! - Wolf Park

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Wolf Park has had an eventful spring. The main pack enclosure flooded for
the first time in our memory. On the 10 th of June it began to rain. More than
six inches of rain fell that day, and by the next day the pond overflowed on
both side of the dam for the first time we can remember. The lake went over
its banks inside the wolf enclosure, and fish, which had formerly resided in the
lake, were suddenly found on the trail. Staff members chased some of them
across the lawn, picked them up and tossed them back into the pond; other
fish just got lost downhill in the grass, and the wolves were seen eating some.
North of the pond the inlet overflowed north of the bridge, and the Loop Trail
was flooded. It still is. However, tornados, which also were in the area, went
by far south of us, and overall we came through the weather all right.
On Friday, June 18, the Brookfield Zoo in Chicago, from which we obtained
our first two wolves in 1972, opened a new wolf exhibit featuring Mexican
wolves. While I was still teaching at the University of Chicago, I used to come
to the Brookfield Zoo with my students to observe wolves, baboons and other
animals. Dr. George Rabb and his wife Mary, who did most of the wolf
observations at their original wolf exhibit, and I have been friends for about 40
years. So it was an honor for us Wolf Park people to be there. After all, that
is where our pack originated. Pat, Holly, Monty and I drove up and were
welcomed with a breakfast. I met Dr. Strahl, the new director, and Dr. Rabb,
Director Emeritus, under whose direction funds were raised for the new
exhibit. The Regenstein family put up the 2.5 million dollars to create – in the
words of the donor – the “Hilton” of wolf exhibits. In my opinion it is the best
wolf enclosure and educational building I have ever seen. Five Mexican
wolves live there. You must go there and see it if you can at all arrange it.
Dr. Strahl introduced various guests, dignitaries, and donors prior to the
ribbon cutting ceremony. I was allowed to say a few words. I wanted to thank
Dr. Rabb for giving me Wolf Park’s first two wolves, Koko and Cassie. I
presented George with a wolf pin designed by Sid Bell as a small token of
appreciation for his and Mary’s support for us.
Meanwhile, Erin’s four pups, Ayla, Kailani, Ruedi and Renki are ten weeks
old. They are by now living in a large enclosure at East Lake. If you check
our web site under “Photo of the Day” you can sometimes see photos of the
pups, and follow their development. The puppy mothers, Peggy, Pam and
Marla, have been doing an excellent job as foster parents. Look on our web
site for the day when the pups will be re-introduced into their parents’ pack, on
August 27.
Wolf Park’s new, revamped seminars have been doing incredibly well. The
seminar featuring Ken McCort, “Creative Cures for Problematic Canine
Behaviors”, held in May, drew rave reviews, as did May’s “Wolf Intensive
Weekend”. The “A More Complete View” workshop, with Suzanne Clothier,
was booked full and featured a variety of interesting activities (including
flooding, but we won’t be planning on any of that in next year’s seminars).
There is still room in some of our later seminars, including our second “Wolf
Intensive Weekend” October 22-24, if you would like a sample of our new
offerings.
Our new informational web site at www.wolfnews.org has worked through
some minor technical difficulties and is being updated regularly. Visit it to
keep up to date on wolf news from around the world.
We hope you have a nice summer, and
invite you to visit us as you travel on your
vacations.
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