Puppy update

[gekidazejanai]

 Well, while I'm still ticked I missed meeting Salty's litter in person, I am glad I can look online and see them. At nine days old, they'll be opening their eyes soon, which is awesome. Moose, ever the protective dad, keeps camping out on top of the den, which is neat of him. Since I'm still waiting on them to finish the enclosures for the Honshu pair and the Hokkaido pair, there's not a lot for me to do at work right now. Aside from getting them used to me, that is. Still working on names for the four, we're debating posing a contest online so people can suggest names for them. I think that would be cool, but I'm also still trying to talk the zoo into installing cameras in the exhibits for people to follow online. It would get more of the public involved and interested in the four of them.

But in the meantime, for anyone who wants to coo over a pile of red wolves, click here! nywolf.org/wolf-cam/red-wolves-ex2/den

Comments

[gekidazejanai]

There's actually a lot of debate on if they should be classed as their own species instead of as a subspecies of gray wolf, like the Hokkaido are. Those two are bigger and look more like a gray wolf, just a bit smaller.

[damagedviolin]

It all sounds very interesting!

[gekidazejanai]

It really is. The wolves are in quarantine for now until the enclosures are done. We're trying to make them as much like their natural habitats as possible to keep them from being more stressed than they will be by all the people.

[damagedviolin]

I hope everything works out!

[gekidazejanai]

I'm sure it will. Maybe we'll pull some of the pups and hand rear them as ambassadors.