Growing Old is Not for Sissies - Wolf Park

WolfPark.orgFall 2008Growing Old is Not for Sissiesby Pat GoodmannWolf Park is a not for profitorganization dedicated toimproving the lives of wolvesin captivity and in the wildthrough behavioral researchand education.Wolf Park was founded in 1972 byErich Klinghammer, PhD.Wolves in the wild have an averagelifespan of three to five years. AtWolf Park, our wolves live twelve tofourteen years on average, andthree wolves--Ohtsu, Trillian, andDeneb--lived past their seventeenthbirthdays. Old wolves face healthproblems that wolves in the wild areunlikely to face. Their senses are notas sharp as they were. Theycommonly experience arthritis,gradual loss of kidney function, andsometimes cancer, as Socrates did.Although they have these additionalhealth problems, Wolf Park wolvesreceive extensive health care, so oldage is not just the gradual loss ofhealth and bodily efficiency; it is stilla time when the wolves can enjoythemselves. They often even enjoysome of the treatments that helprelieve the discomfort of aging,especially non-traditional therapies.Deneb especially liked her chiropractor.She received regular visitsas her spine stiffened and tended toarch up. She was once so energizedby her spinal adjustment thatafterward she loped around theenclosure excitedly, ran back toGale, and somersaulted into her lap.Dr. Zeigler, Gale, and I all burst outlaughing. "That's the happiest oldanimal I've ever seen!" was Dr.Zeigler's reaction.Our wolves have also had massageand cranio-sacral therapy, whichrelaxes them and helps with rangeof motion and circulation problems.Editor: Catherine OzmentPlus, it feels good! Orcaremembered Carrie Craddock whenshe returned to give him a secondsession of massage after his spinalinjury in 1997. He bipedaled rapidlyto her and bounced his forefeet,excitedly soliciting more massage.Tristan impressed us with how muchhe enjoyed Sandy Prantl’s craniosacraltherapy; he even let her workon his lower back, an area that hetended to defend, sometimes withsnaps of his jaws!Better living through chemistry ispart of getting older, as medicinesand supplements help delay orrepair the ravages of time. Thus, inaddition to physical therapies,sometimes pain killers are animportant part of managing arthritis.Our wolves mostly get Tramidol withan occasional substitution of, orboost from, Meloxicam. We also dowhat we can to help maintain thejoints through supplements. We givethe wolves Dasuquin, donated byNutramax, and Adequan, donatedby Craig Merrick. A relatively newsupplement, which we like verymuch, is System Saver donated byJudy Baker of Biotrope, INC. Thesehelp slow the effects of time andwear on joints.Getting animals to take oralmedication by hiding it in food hasbeen used by people for decades,possibly generations. The drawbackto this method is that if the animalshave the unpleasant experience ofbiting into a tasty bolus only to findan icky tasting pill, they maybecome much more suspicious andpicky. Thus, we have to study thewolves’ individual quirks to ensurethe pill goes down unnoticed.Sometimes the size of the bolusneeds fine-tuning. Sometimes whatit is made of is of paramountimportance. Sometimes deliverydecides the outcome. Occasionallya wolf objects to lumps disturbingthe texture more than the taste.After once finding an unexpectedcapsule, Deneb took to mincing allboluses finely with her incisors.Fortunately, we had only to pull thecapsule apart and mix the powderevenly through the bolus. Once wehad to persuade Betsy to take viletasting liquid orally. Nothing wemixed with it induced hercooperation. Instead, we found thatshe would take small sips of themedicine in exchange for wholebodymassage.In addition to arthritis, an old wolf'ssenses often lose sharpness. Thismeans that it is harder for an oldwolf to read our social signals,which can lead to unnecessary misunderstandingand emotionalupheaval. It's not good manners tostartle an old wolf by suddenlyappearing next to it with no warning,so when entering an enclosure, wemay need to call repeatedly andmake a slow approach to make surethe wolf knows we're there.Continue to Page 4

EditorialDr. Erich KlinghammerWinter Wolves Program ApproachingBy Rebecca DavisThe Rocky Mountain wolf populationwas removed from the EndangeredSpecies List last spring, and nosooner had these wolves lost federalprotection than they began to bekilled. With just 1500 wolves in thisrecovering population, environmentalistsdecried these actions andsued the government to re-list thispopulation. In July, U.S. DistrictJudge Donald Molloy issued aninjunction against the delisting,putting the wolves under federalprotection again. He did so on thebasis of concerns about Wyoming’smanagement plan not offeringenough protection, and issuesaround the sharing of geneticsbetween the wolf populations outWest. Under Wyoming’s plan,wolves in a large portion of the stateare classified so that they can bekilled on sight, and for no reasonother than that they exist, essentiallybeing treated like coyotes. Onlywolves inside of YellowstoneNational Park receive full protection.For a sense of how our work here atWolf Park ties into the work beingdone in the wilds of the Rockies andon Isle Royale see my other articlein this issue of Wolf Park News(Page 8).Research on wolves and otherwildlife and their ecosystems needsto be viewed from a much larger, infact a global, perspective. I care notonly about the animal life on thisearth, but also about the survival ofour own species.For this reason I call your attentionto a new book by Pulitzer Prizewinning author Thomas L. Friedman:“Hot, Flat and Crowded, Why weneed a green revolution and how itcan renew America.”“Hot” refers to global warming andit’s effects, “Flat” refers to the factthat we are all on the same surfaceacross the globe, and “Crowded”refers to the increasing humanpopulations and their demands formore energy. It is a dismal picture,but Friedman also outlines thesolutions. Politicians of all nationsand their citizens need to be awareof and act on the suggestions inthis insightful book. That is whyI urgently recommend it to allour members.The annualWinterWolves Eventwill be onSaturday, January17. This event allows thepublic to see the wolvesduring their most active time ofyear, and possibly in the snow,something many visitors inquireabout during the summer season. Inall of their glory at this time, thewolves are sporting their thick andbeautifulwinter coats. The WinterWolves offers a variety of eventssuch as lectures on wolf behavior(as this is an opportune time) andcold weather adaptations, and toursin the chilly air. We usually do ademonstration of how we butcherdeer and feed the wolves too. It isbetter to see this in winter, minusthe flies!We offer hotchocolateand cookiesso visitorscan warmup betweenprograms.This event is anopportunity forvisitors and members toenjoy the wolves, and also tooffer the Park financial supportduring a time that does not normallyproffer much revenue.We are looking forward to seeingyou this winter! Our holidaycelebration is coming up onDecember 13. We offer open hourson December 27 and 28, theweekend after Christmas, for thosewith some free time over theholidays, or with visiting friends andfamily. Share your love of wolveswith the people around you! Wealso offer programs on February 14,during our human celebration oflove, and the wolves’ annualbreeding season.Kiri - From Grumpy Old Man To Social ButterflyKiri is the oldest of our remaining“Chinooklings”. Like his two youngerbrothers, Miska and Apollo, Kiri wasan inky black in his early years. Andlike his younger brothers he had alimited number of friends duringmost of his adult life. “Chinooklings”are famous for being difficult to getalong with, like their father, Chinook,a one time alpha of the main pack.Both Kiri and his litter brotherSocrates were taken out of the packin 1996; they lived together untilSocrates passed away this spring.We were concerned for Kiri-- howwas he going to take being alone forthe first time? As it turned out, weneedn’t have worried…The relationship between Kiri andSocrates had always beentumultuous. They were noted forgetting into “shouting matches” witheach other. A lot. Not that they cameto blows, we only know of one timethat any bites actually occurred. Kiriwas always the dominant one in therelationship. Socrates didn’t care forthat arrangement. Kiri’s size helpedhim stay ahead of Socrates. Kiri isour largest wolf; he was in theneighborhood of 120 lbs at his peak.Socrates was a relative lightweightat around 80 lbs.Kiri being dominant helped us aswell at times. He tended to squelchthe worst of Soc’s behavior. But as itturns out, being with Socrates mayhave actually been stressful for Kiri.Since he has been alone, he ismore relaxed than anyone can everremember seeing him. Now that heis behaving in such a relaxed way,he has been taken out on walks,and meet-and-greets with interns.The interns all love Kiri. They havebeen thrilled to have the opportunityto finally meet him.Kiri seems to be enjoying this socialactivity as well. He has evenenjoyed a couple of sponsor visits.All in all, life is good for Kirithese days.Pass it —Don’tTrash it.Put this Wolf Park News to work bysharing it with others.* Do you have a neighbor wholoves animals?* Do you go to the veterinaryoffice and wish that there wassomething interesting to readwhile waiting in the waitingroom?* Do you know of a retirementcommunity that is looking forwonderful things for theresidents to read?Give others the opportunity to seeour newly designed and informativenewsletter. Passing it on will keepone less item from ending in alandfill AND will also let others knowabout Wolf Park. Its a win win winsituation! Pass it on!WolfPark.org ⎢ 2 ⎢

Main Pack Updatesby Pat GoodmannWolfgangWolfgang is still adamant that he,not Wotan, is, and shall remain, thebeta male. When they are notdiscussing this, they get alongnicely, often jointly working to keepRenki and Ruedi squelched. Someother things haven’t changed either.We’d still say that Wolfgang hassticky fingers if he had handsinstead of paws, he’s still unfazed byKailani’s half-baked attempts todominate him, and he continues toshow off his “Leaping Lizards”backwards jump for treats.BirthName Sex YearTristan Male 1998Kailani Female 2004Renki Male 2004Ruedi Male 2004Wolfgang Male 2005Wotan Male 2005TristanTristan has turned ten but thatdoesn’t stop him from wanting to goon wolf bison demonstrations. Weusually don’t take him because theyoung bison sometimes want tochase the wolves, and in hotweather that can be especially hardon older wolves. But the last Sundayin June Tris really wanted to go andperformed his amazing eel-between-Renki’s-legs maneuver, getting intothe airlock, from whence wolves goto the bison demonstration. In aweof his maneuver, we took him. It wasa cool day and not humid so wewere not too worried. Tristan & Sondid not get down to businessimmediately; they took their timeexploring the pasture first but then ayoung bull decided it was wolfchasing time. He did chase Tristan.He chased Renki. He chased Trisand Renki. Tris did a very good jobat avoiding bison, but he was tiredwhen he got home.WotanIn early July we, and the main pack,had a treat. Yellowstone-basedbiologists Linda Thurston andNathan Varley visited the park.They got to meet the pack and viceversa. Yellowstone is a good placeto view wolves, but good viewingoften means that they are a quarterof a mile from the animals andviewing through a spotting scope. Itis very different here where thewolves get up close and personal.Wolves and humans all had a ball,especially when we howled and awolf howled right back in Nathan’sface. Renki, who got twinkly andtried jumping on the nice biologiststo demand attention, was summarilysquelched by Wotan and Wolfgang.WolfPark.org ⎢ 3 ⎢RuediRuedi looks for opportunities to playwith his pack members, and he’ssurprisingly dexterous at object playsometimes. During the July 5th HowlNight program, videographer TomO’Dowd brought in a cardboardpizza “plate” which Ruedi got andkept, despite Wotan and Wolfgang’sefforts to intercept. He made veryshrill cries of protest when they triedto take it, and he managed to keepit by moving at a trot and turning hishead away from them, successfullykeeping it out of their reach.KailaniKailani keeps seeking opportunitiesto dominate all her brothers. Wotanis her primary target, probably forthree reasons: 1) he annoys her, 2)Tris and Wolfgang are both likely tosquelch him so she has double theopportunities to assert herself withother wolves providing inadvertentback up for her power-plays, and 3)he really annoys her. Kailani will tryto pin all her brothers, seekingwhom she might dominate. It worksto some degree on Wotan, Renki,and Ruedi, probably because Tris isclose. But when she tried it onWolfgang, she got nowhere with himexcept he grinned and pawed hertail. On June 19, Ruedi had beenplay wrestling with Kailani and thenbowed and danced on the restingTristan, getting him up. Then theyrallied, with a chorus of bullfrogs inthe background.RenkiRenki has continued to be thelowest ranking male in the pack,except when he and Ruedi have aplaydate together with Ayla. Wearrange these playdates when weneed the pack out of the Turtle LakeEnclosure to do maintenance, anddon’t want the wolves to “help.”When the brothers are in withKailani, Renki happily assertshimself for a few hours, Ruedishows no sign of caring, and whenthey go back in with the pack Ruedican once again aver, “No! It is youwho will show deference to me!

Continued from Page 1KiriEchoOrcaThey may also find it hardto read the signals ofother wolves. Aurora wasa wonderful puppy auntuntil encroachingblindness robbed her ofthe ability to see what thepuppies were doing whenwe took her to thenursery. Aurora could notreact to their socialsignaling, and thepuppies reacted with fear,then aggression. Despiteblindness and increasingdeafness, Aurora stillenjoyed social groomingand going for walks withseeing-eye humans. If putinto a new enclosure, shespent a long timeexploring it, slowly andcarefully using her noseand feeling her way withfeet and whiskers.However, that loss ofsensory acuity did not robher of mischief—she eventried to steal the two-wayradio clipped to mypocket. In her sighteddays she would occasionallyscan a group of humancompanions, slap on a wild, goofygrin, and start grabbing insteps.After she could no longer seefeet, she still easily located humanknees, and, with the same manicgrin, subjected them to inhibitedgrabs, and appeared to enjoythe reaction.Sometimes old wolves lose theirvoices, but, as the campfire songgoes, "All God's critters got a placein the choir," explaining "some singlow, some sing higher…some justclap their hands, or paws, oranything they got." Pharyngealparalysis is a condition in which awolf, or dog, can no longer controlits vocal cords to make audiblesounds, and as long as the animalcan eat and drink normally thecondition does not require surgery.The wolves will still try to vocalize,but it sounds like whispering. Theydo not appear to be frustrated, orotherwise beset or bothered by this.Kiri and Socrates had a very stablerelationship marked by highlyritualized aggression, in which theydisplayed rather than actuallypuncturing each other. Their ritualsincluded what I called "drive byshoutings" when they would standbroad-side to each other, strike whatlooked like the lupine version ofmuscle poses and bellow loudlyenough to be heard at either end ofthe park. Once they lost their voices,they had to conduct such shoutingsin stage whispers.Loss of kidney function is commonin old dogs and in old wolves (and inold humans). As the kidneysgradually lose more and more oftheir efficiency, old wolves oftencompensate adequately for severalyears by drinking lots of fluids. Inwinter, although wolves can and willeat snow, I like them to have freshwater offered twice daily. On dayswhen we de-ice buckets the wolvesmay be watered three times a day.My theory is that if we makedrinking easy, then the old wolvesare more likely to keep what kidneyfunction they have, longer.Socrates had an endearingfondness for warm or tepid waterduring cold weather. He'd wait at thebucket while we de-iced it and thendrank heartily when we replaced theice with water. Deneb was anotherstory. Once we laboriously de-icedher bucket and put fresh, luke-warmwater in it. Deneb inspected it andthen pointedly ate snow. We hadto laugh.The company they keepApollo and Karin are an affectionateold pair who, in some respects,remind me of an old husband andwife who are still very attached toeach other even after forty or fiftyyears of marriage. We don't have toworry about them feeling lonely.However, as wolves age, some,inevitably, outlive their companions.Most of our singletons have alwaysseemed to be more content if theywere fairly close to other wolves.This year Socrates and Kiri wereparted by Socrates' death. Kiri isnow living by himself, but he is closeto other wolves, and we are takingpeople in to visit him. He hasbecome quite the social butterfly. Heno longer has to share things with,or guard them from Socrates. Heseems so cheerful that it is hard toremember that he and Tease werenicknamed The Grumpy Old Men.Likewise, Orca adjusted quite well toliving in an enclosure by himselfwhen he was removed from themain pack after his injury.For elderly wolves without acompatible wolf companion, trustedfamiliar humans can fill some of thevoid. Some wolves are so outgoingthat they may want to have a bigrally with unfamiliar people. BothOrca and Kiri seem to have figuredout that when we go in to visit them,during that time, each is lionized asThe Wolf by admiring humans. Atthe point when Aurora wanted toleave the pack, she wanted nothingto do with wolves, so her preferredsocial interactions were with people.Back in the last century, I let Aurorameet some visitors; interacting withpeople, including new acquaintances,was an important part of herenrichment. In the adjacent pen wasan elderly single male, Kuro, whohad some hot spots or pressuresores, weak hindquarters, and otherhealth issues that indicated he mightbe near the end of his "quality time."Some of the visitors expressedconcern about his physicalcondition, and one of the visitorscorrectly interpreted Kuro’sexpressive behavior: "He wants tocome too. Can he?" I explained thatAurora did not like Kuro, but aftershe had her visit, Kuro could comeout and greet. When he got to comeout, he strolled into their midst, eyesbright, tail gently wagging, ready toabsorb the greetings and affectiondue him. After seeing him interactwith people, those who hadwondered about Kuro’s healthrealized that Kuro did not seem likea sick suffering animal, rather onewho was still actively enjoyinghimself. As it happened, Kuro wasput to sleep, not too long after thatday, being ready to go, but in hisown time.Part of our duty is to help the wolvesmake the most of their time. Whenwe look into a pup’s trusting face,we do not know who will die young,or who will live a long life. We onlyknow that we must help it be a lifewell lived.WolfPark.org ⎢ 4 ⎢

Discovery Channel comes to Wolf ParkIn September a film crewdescended on Wolf Park tovideotape for a new and upcomingprogram for the Discovery Channel.They came to film our wolves, andinterview the group of researchersfrom Florida that have been doingresearch here for the past year. Theprogram this footage will be featuredin is about how animals think, and issupposed to air in January. The goalwas to recreate and document theexperiments that Dr. Clive Wynneand his research crew have beendoing at Wolf Park with our wolves.Over the past year, Dr. Wynne andhis graduate students, MoniqueUdell and Nicole Dorsey, allfrom the University ofFlorida, have been workingon some cognitive studieswith our wolves. One of thequestions they wanted toanswer was, do wolvesrespond better or worsethan dogs to cues fromhuman handlers.Researchers in Hungaryhad claimed that dogs werebetter at following a humanfinger point than wolves, butDr. Wynne learned aboutour Wolf Park wolves andtheir powerful relationships with theirhuman companions, and wanted totest this further. His researchconfirmed that wolves can respondbetter than dogs to human cues, ifthey have been raised with humansin a manner more similar to the waydogs are raised with humans.Wolves that are less well socialized,and dogs that are less socialized,are also less responsive to humans.The filming crew, John, Mark andAndre, worked all day at Wolf Parkwith the researchers, Wolf Parkstaff, our wolves and even some ofthe staff dogs. Look for the programon how animals think sometimeafter the holidays.Photos by Gale MotterAndre and The HatWhen the Discovery Channel filmcrew arrived, Andre, the videographerfound he had packed so quicklythat he forgot his sun hat. Weassured him that if Monty were herehe would loan Andre a hat out ofhospitality and the brotherhood oflensmen (secretly they are brothersfrom the sci-fi Gray LensmenSeries), and male bonding rituals.Dana got two of Monty’s hats, whichwere parked in the store room, andoffered Andre his choice. Andrepassed up the floppy-brimmedcream confection with its little bow,in favor of the powder blue numberwith the stiffer brim. (Did I mentionthat these are both ladies’ hats?Andre admired Monty’s guts inbeing able to wear them.) Hedonned the hat and used thechin strap to hoist one sidegiving it some Aussie flair, andhis T shirt proved to be a bluethat precisely matched the hat.He looked very good; Gale,Dana, and I were loud in ourpraise of his outfit. At the closeof the day, Andre wasgathering his equipment priorto trying to catch a plane, andhe gave us back the hat. Wetold him that he and the hat(and maybe Monty as well)must have been separated atbirth. We implored him to keep thehat. Andre was too polite to pointout in so many words that the hatwas not, technically, ours to give,but he did say he could not depriveMonty. So while he was out of sight,making one last check for forgottenitems, a certain Gale, who shallremain nameless, snuck the hat intohis bag. Conscience compels me toadmit that, though I did not actuallytouch the hat, I enthusiasticallyinstigated the act, which could,technically, be termed hat embezzlement.We hope that Andre waspleasantly surprised to find that thehat followed him home and wouldlike to assure him that Monty hasreceived a replacement hat justlike it.Thank Youto OurSupporters!Thank You to Our Pumpkin Donors(Additional Donors Will Be Included In Next Newsletter)ROY APPLEGATEJANET BEASLEYEstate of BETTY ANNBOHANEKGAYLE BROWNINGNORMA CORRELLJULIA ECKLARKARYN ERRINGTONJOHN EWINGSUZANNE FINEHAROLD FITZSIMMONSMIKE AND ELAINE GAWLIKMARY HARDWICK (3)RONALD HUNTERERICH KLINGHAMMERMARILYNN KREGALLAUREL KRUIZENGASHAR LUCASJACKIE MALCOLMNANCY MCDONALDBETTY & JACK MUNSEENICKY OSYPKA (2)ELIZABETH RADERJUDE RAKOWSKIPAUL RICESUSAN RICHARDSONJOYCE ROBINSONKEAN ROBINSONDAVID ROMAINEMADELEINE SAVARYANNE SCHULTATUSJOE SEIBERTALEXANDRA SHELDONKEVIN SMITHKELLEY TEESCANDY TOMLINSONTIM UNSWORTH (3)SHARON WOLSHIRERICHARD M ZEISCHARLENE ABRAHAMJOSEPHINE ADAMSRENATE ALLCOCKSANDY ANDERSONNUNZIATA ARDIZZONEELIZABETH ARMOURJOSH ARNOLDLINDA BALLARDTIM BEAULIEUJACKIE BECKPAMELA BECKLEYVINCENT BERGBILL & CAROL BLACKJEANETTE BLACKSTONEDAWN BLEWESSHIRLEY BOLLINGERJOHN BOMBARDTREVOR BOYDPATT BREILINGJIM BRININGMARIAN BROCKJEAN BROOKSVIVIAN BROWNJAMES CANSDALEJOHN CASHINELLEN CHAVEZJAMES CHIALIVAMARIA CLARKR W COBLEJOLEEN & LEON COLEJULIE COMMONSBERNADETTE COOKJEAN COOKGAY COPPAGENORMA CORRELLROSEMARY CORTEZMARJORY DAHMJUDY DAYBARBARA DEGLERDEBRA DEMERLYMICHAEL DePAULOJOHN DICKBRIAN DIETZKATHLEEN DIROSARIASHIRLEY DWYERJAKE & ABBY EASTMANEMMA EBYJULIA ECKLARSTEPHEN ELLISLEE ENGSTROMKARYN ERRINGTONSUE ETTELSONCAL & DONNA EWINGJOHN EWINGF&S WILLIAMSUTA FESTERLING-POHLANNE FIOREMARGARET FLACKWILLIAM & SUSAN FORBESDONOVAN & DRUEFOURMONTED FRANKLINANITA FREEMANMACK FUHRERLUCRECE GALLANTDENISA & CRAIG GARNERJULIA GILEGAIL GILMOREMARCIA GORTOWSKISUE GRAVESMAXINE J. 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Our East Lake WolvesECHOEcho’s puppy mom, Lois, was able to visit Echo thissummer, which made Echo very very happy. Loisgave us several useful suggestions for treat food,and brought her some blue berry pancakes, whichEcho enjoyed. Now, Blake, one of Echo’s fans hasmade her special blueberrypancakes with lots of egg andbits of cheese and meatin them. Echoenjoyed half ofthem and thenindicated shewas ready forfresh culinarydelights, so theremainingpancakes reposein the freezeruntil passage oftime renders themnovel again. In themean time, intern Jessiis concocting special‘casseroles’ for Echo.AYLAAyla’s a late bloomer when it comes to testingbison, but she is now in full bloom. On July2nd, Ayla and Renki put on one of the mostspectacular demonstrations I can rememberseeing. Ayla was determined to get a calfand she targeted two who were careless,including the calf who likes to chase wolvesand whose mother was, at that time, closelyattended by Junior, the top bull. Junior got quiteirked at having his cow put out of “the mood”and tried to cast the ‘carnivorous vermin’ intoouter darkness. Neither calf was injured, but havingseen how willing Ayla was to dart right into the after acalf, we decided to leave Ayla off the active bisontester’s roster until the calves were larger.MARIONMarion and Miska tolerate eachother. She still guards things fromhim but it’s been months since I’vecaught her being gratuitously mean,such as waiting until he stands upwith his paws on the fence to greetus face-to-face and then lunging andbiting his belly. She sits politely atthe fence for treats and lets Miskahave his. Most of the time Marionjust wants treats and visits fromhumans (preferably Monty, butothers will do). Marion likes visits somuch she lets Gale give herpedicures. Gale carries heavy dutytoenail clippers with her these daysand makes the wolves’ clawsKIRIKiri has cast off the mantle of a“grumpy old man” and donnedthe wings of a social butterfly.Not only is he doing drive-bys,on leash, on a frequent basis,but we are starting to takemore people into his enclosure.He sits in Gale’s lap. He hastummy rubs (though not fromeveryone). He hangs out forear scratches and goes fromperson to person getting lots ofscratches and massage.At clean ups he wants to swipethings. In mid July Monty and Iwere tidying his enclosure.Behind my back I heard thesound of a raspberry beingblown. After we left I askedMonty if he had blown in Kiri’snose. “Yes,” replied Monty, “hetried to get my hat.” Kiri is stillKiri .targets ofopportunity.Especially thoseninja dewclaws.Gale does a lotof the toenailswith the wolfstanding on theground watchingher wait for achance to slidethe clippersaround the endof the toenail,clamp downand, voila, thenail is cut.ECLIPSEOur shy girl is sometimes willing toapproach interns, even though thesummer flock of interns committedthe misdemeanor of mowing over atEast Lake. One in particular, Brinn,wanted to make friends with her andEclipse was coming up to her a thefence before her internship wasover. In early June we moved herinto an enclosure along the looptrail, but one with pens on eitherside, so she will have wolves onthree sides of her and she is closerto visitors. She seems to behandling it well, although of herimmediate neighbors only Marionand Erin are likely to fence fight.Karin (and Apollo) are currently inthe center pen, and Karin, who hasbeen feeling the heat, is much lessinclined to fence fight. To the east ofher is sixteen year old Echo, whohas given up fence fighting. ThoughEclipse is not able to get Echo tofence fight, she is sometimesinterested in the buffet of treatsEcho gets and sometimes Eclipsegets some of those treats that Echorejects.ORCAOrca is still pottering aroundbipedally, not havingsecondary health problems,and willing to work attherapy provided a) it’s nottoo hot, and b) he’s got anappetite. His legs are stillstrong enough for him tostand up without a boost.In early August he stoodup when Dana noticed thathe had gotten his hind pawsunder himself, with the padsdown instead of theknuckles. She used atreat to lure him into astand and he stood up!We’ve also seen himrepeatedly trying to walkwith his hind legs insteadof his forelegs. It is still theproblem of his right hind leg overbalancing him, plus often not getting hishind feet under him pads down.WolfPark.org ⎢ 6 ⎢

APOLLOThis year we are switching from Interceptor toHeartguard, which is being donated by memberSandy Turmail. Apollo flatly refused to eat aHeartguard Chewable, making him a rare bird amongthe hordes of wolves and dogs who love them. I trieddisguising it with cream cheese and that did not work.So I needled him about it by getting some injectableIvermectin from the clinic and giving Mr. Apollo a shot.MISKADespite their détente, Miska still seems to entertain some suspicion ofMarion’s intentions. He is no Charlie Brown, to gullibly believe some designingfemale’s promises of good behavior, and would simply seize the football fromLucy and shred it. Mostly he is friendly with us but sometimes he is in a badmood and threatens. In the latter half of August Gale and I went in to clean.Marion pushed her way into the airlock and rather than try to persuade herout right away, we decided to let her stay there and have Miska all toourselves. Alas, our hopes of a cuddly Moo were dashed. Maybe it was hisproximity to an agitated Marion, who was cussing her lack of opposablethumbs and trying to let herself into the corridor. Maybe it was barrierfrustration – Marion was there, working on a “project” and he was not.Whatever the cause he suddenly drew himself up and growled in Gale’s face,while trying to stare her down. She stood up and the two of us treated himrather as we used to treat Apollo when he growled as we were about to leashhim and take him somewhere. We broke off social interaction with Miska andbehaved as if he wasn’t there, talking to each other about how we’d be happyto pet and massage a nice wolf if there was one around, but there wasn’t…Despite that incident, Miska has been mostly nice to us this summer, althoughhe is not always pleased to have his ears creamed with fly repellent.KARINKarin is still notquite right, butshe seems quitecheerful. At theend of Augustshe had onlyshed her wintercoat on her belly,legs, and lowersides. Even using Monty’s popularRevolution Rake only removeswhat’s loose and her remainingwinter coat was hanging on tight.She has been fortunate in theweather, since fat wolves, and dogs,have more trouble staying cool inhot weather. This summer has beenunseasonably nice. We make sureshe has ice and we have put her ina cool enclosure furnished with apartly buried concrete cylinder,which is kept even cooler by thespreading mulberry that shades it.We have her on a good antiinflamatory,but we suspect she maybe developing Cushing’s disease.She certainly has some of the mostobvious symptoms: weight gain,abnormal shedding schedule, andshe does not seem stiff or arthritic.The good news is that, should it beCushings, it can be managed andlived with.ERINErin’s ears looked badly bitten onlytwice this season, a significantreduction for the wolf with thesecond tastiest set of ears at thePark. We are grateful to those whocontributed to let us buy flypredators to control the populationof ear-biting flies. Erin beingErin, we’re always aware that shemay “shark.” She tried to severaltimes this summer and I expect thecoming years will be the same. If, bystaying calm, and giving her otherthings to do, we can keep directingher away fromsharking to other,more acceptablebehavior, I’ll behappy. We werepleasantlysurprised whenErin did not raiseher fin when theFluffies’ automaticwaterer malfunctionedand Amandatook it apart andspent an hoursquatting over it,counseling it andgiving it therapy*.Erin was interestedbut not obnoxious.*The waterer quitmalingering afterAmanda rolfed it.CHETANIn early June Amandamoved the rootballs she’scollected into enclosure#12 at East Lake, akaThe Fluffies HoneymoonSuite. Now Chetan andErin have more things todig dens under. They didexactly that. Chetan oftenuses one of the densduring the day to avoidIndiana’s summer heat,and its biting pests. Hewill often refuse to leaveit while it’s hot so unfortunatelyfor our visitorsthey were most likely tosee Chetan’s statelywhite form during ourWolf Park After Hoursprograms once a month,when he deigns to comeout in the cool ofthe evening.WolfPark.org ⎢ 7 ⎢

The Wolves of Wolf Park: Wolves Among ThemselvesBy Erich Klinghammerin the way the wolves interact witheach other and with their humancompanions. Such individualdifferences can only rarely berecognized in the wild. Ecologistshave different concerns from ours.For example, they want to know howmany wolves occupy what territory;what prey do they hunt and how,etc. But by understanding moreabout individual wolves and theirdifferences, wild wolf researcherscan understand the behavior theyobserve better. We believe this isour contribution to wolf research,and we share it with you in ournewsletter, sponsor updates, and onour tours hereat the Park.At Wolf Park we studywolves from an ethologicalpoint of view.This is but one way to study them.This means we describe theirbehavior and movement patternsand postures as objectively as wecan, including vocalizations.Photographs, sketches and videorecordings are techniques whichleave a permanent record to beexamined by anyone. Withrecordings we make we might alsonote the situations in which thebehavior was observed. Finallycomes the interpretation of what wesaw. The fact of what was seen isnot in dispute, but the interpretationsmay vary according to theknowledge and interests of theobserver. Looking at behaviorpatterns, an experienced observercan often deduce the underlyingmotivations, whether thebehavior pertains to courtship,health maintenance, fighting, orparental care.We created and published anEthogram, which is an inventory ofdescriptions of behavior patternsand the situations in which they areobserved. Many behavior patternsand postures listed in our Ethogramare illustrated with Monty Sloan’sphotographs. This Ethogram canalso serve as a basis of comparisonto other canidae, e.g. coyotes, redwolves, bush dogs, African wilddogs, foxes and more.Youth Programs Offer A Howlin’ Good TimeThe function of an Ethogram -for any species – is that variousobservers and researchers canuse the same descriptions of thebehaviors among themselves,rather than each coming up withtheir own. This makes it easier tocompare one’s observations andresearch using a shared vocabulary.Our Ethogram is utilized by manywolf researchers across theU.S. and in other countries.You will notice that in our newsletterthere is great emphasis onindividual personality, i.e. behaviorprofiles. Rank order can berecognized, as well as differencesIf you really want to understandwolves come to Wolf Park first andthen visit Yellowstone National Park.If you spend some time watchingour wolves among themselves, thenwhen you see some bits and piecesof behavior in the wild – oftenat great distances – you will betterunderstand what you are seeing.Besides, just seeing the greatvariability of the wolves’ personalitiesis impressive.To read about wolves in thewild I recommend: “Decadeof the Wolf: Returning the Wildto Yellowstone By Douglas W. Smithand Gary Ferguson. April 2005.To purchase our Wolf Ethogram,go to wolfparkstore.com, or callthe office.By Amy BeaupreWolf Park currently offers OvernightCamps, Day Camps, and our JuniorVolunteer program for children.Such opportunities allow youngstersto learn about wildlife, the environment,and community service ina safe, fun, and beautiful place –Wolf Park! So if you have children,know children, or work with them,please share the following informationand encourage them to visitWolf Park and participate in ouryouth programs.Our Kid’s Overnight Camps and DayCamps are a great way to learnabout wolves, foxes, coyotes, andbison as well as other neat thingsin the environment. Our programsare fun and educational in nature.Activities are chosen based on theage of the children in attendanceso that learning is fun and ageappropriate. Examples of suchactivities are tracking games, clickertraining, crafts, decorating t-shirts,and identifying other small localwildlife. Our programs are unique inthat children get to assist withanimal care by filling water bucketsfrom outside the enclosures, meetfoxes under adult supervision, andride in the infamous “Big OrangeTruck” during the Wolf-Bison demonstrationduring overnights, or a tourof the bison field during day camp.During overnight stays the childrenget to have a cook out, roll out theirsleeping bags in our educationalbuilding, roast s’mores over an opencamp fire, and have a “howlin’” goodtime later into the evening than theday camps. Our day camps andovernights are offered throughoutthe summer months with eachsession designated for a particularage group. Please refer to ourwebsite for program dates and ages.Overnight camps cost is $50 perchild and includes meals and craftsupplies. (Weekend campers arriveat 1 pm Saturday, and finish at 4 pmSunday) Day camps cost $40 andinclude craft materials with campersbringing their lunches. (Day campsare two consecutive weekdays from9 am - 4 pm) A Howls and Growlssubscription, our kids newsletter, isincluded in both registrations. WolfPark can accommodate up to 12children in each of our programs.This summer, our day campparticipants had the opportunity foroff-site adventures!The younger children visited theColumbian Park Zoo in Lafayetteand the older kids visited a localveterinary clinic. In addition to theunique and fun experience providedby Wolf Park, the campers had theopportunity to see other facilitiesexpanding their awareness andknowledge of animal care.Our Junior Volunteer (JV) Programis for children 8 - 15 years of agewho are able to spend time at thepark on a regular basis. Thisprogram offers the opportunity tolearn about our animals, animalsin the wild, and assist with activitiesat the park such as decorating forour upcoming Pumpkin Party andVisit with Santa. Thus the childrenget to learn, have fun, and providea service to their community. Juniorvolunteers meet the first Saturdayof the month with some of the kidscoming out at other times to assistwith tasks around the park.We look forward to having morechildren join us in the upcomingyear! Wolf Park Youth Programs aredefinitely a “howlin’ good time!Please visit our website, contact ouroffice weekdays 9 a.m. - 5 p.m., oremail John Davis, EducationDirector at wolfparkkids@aol.comfor more information on all of ouryouth programs.WolfPark.org ⎢ 8 ⎢

Monty’s European Tourby Monty SloanBack in the 1990’s, Dr. Klinghammerwould travel to Europe everysummer visiting his mother, visitingfriends, and giving lectures aboutwolves. Many of these talks wereheld at a well-known sled dog tackand harness store, the KlondikeShop in Staefa, Switzerland.With the passing of his mother andthe decline in his health makingtravel difficult, Dr. Klinghammercould no longer go to Europe andgive these well received lecturesabout wolves. Then a good friend,and a good friend of Wolf Park,Dr. Nicola Osypka, invited me togo to Switzerland and give a coupleseminars about wolves like Erichhad done many years before. Itturned out to be a great trip.Heidi Mueller, the owner of theKlondike Shop was incrediblywelcoming. She and her familyreally made us feel at home thereand really made the entire stay awonderful experience.Rather than go all that wayand only give a coupleweekend seminars, I decidedto make a bigger trip and visitas many people and places aspossible in a three weekperiod. Aside from my givingtwo 2-day seminars about wolfbehavior and what we do atWolf Park, we also visitedseveral wildlife parks inSwitzerland includingLangenberg and Goldau, aswell as seeing Mongolianwolves (I got some really nicephotos of them) in Zurich,meeting up with old friendsand making many new friends.a chance to visit them on that trip,but on this return visit I was ableto visit their facility and visit withtheir wolves. They have quite anumber of animals including horses,bears and even European wildboar, but the wolves were myprimary interest.The wolves were quite wellsocialized, but like the wolves hereat Wolf Park, not all were good withstrangers. The pack of European /North American wolf crosses wasquite good with people, so I got tospend some time with them.Dora was very helpful, and we alsohad a chance to sit down and talk tothe founder, Zoltán Horkai, whocreated the facility about 10 yearsago. They handle the wolves a bitdifferently than we do, but they havesome really well socialized wolveswho have done some interestingmovie work. When I saw the film“Blood and Chocolate”, I wonderedFrom Hungary we traveled back toAustria where we spent four dayswith a good friend of Erich’s,Dr. Wolfgang Schleidt and his wife.Dr. Schleidt worked with turkeys, abird researcher like Dr. Klinghammerstarted out. Wolfgang (who our wolfWolfgang is named after if you arewondering) was a wonderful host.He was a great tour guide, andknew so much of the history ofVienna that going out with him wasbetter than any typical tour guidesince he was speaking from somuch personal experience. At80+ years old he has a lifetime ofmemories to share.There is a new program at anexisting wolf facility; it’s the WolfScience Center in Grunau(www.wolfscience.at/english/) wherethey are hand raising and studyingfour black phased North Americanwolves who were born at anotherwildlife park in Austria. Zsófia Virányiwas wonderful in helping coordinateeverything for our visit and Dr. KurtKotrschal was very open tosuggestions and ideas I had aboutworking with their somewhat shywolves. The wolves are there tostudy cooperation, cognition and therelationships they form with people.The wolves are being raised bypeople, but also have many dogs tointeract with so it is a very differentsetup than we have here at WolfPark. I took a LOT of photos.Website excerpt:Although it is clear that humancollaborative skills are exceptional,comparisons with animals mayreveal the evolutionary originsand the functional relevance ofcooperation. Moreover, such acomparative approach mayprovide us with the opportunityto understand the proximatemechanisms and the developmentof cooperation in ontogeny.Thus, to gain a full insight into theevolutionary, emotional andcognitive processes as wellas into the development ofcooperation, the main objectiveof our project is to investigatethese aspects of cooperation inan integrative and comparativemodel.We also got to visit the KonradLorenz Forschungsstellewhere Konrad Lorenz didmuch of his latterresearch. Then we visitedhis actual home nearVienna. That was reallyinteresting and the workhe started with graylaggeese and other animalscontinues to this day.In all it was a great tripand I hope to be able toreturn next year!From Switzerland we took atrain to Hungary. When I was inBudapest in July at the CanineScience Forum, I met up with DoraÚjváry from the HORKAI ANIMALCOORDINATION TEAM(www.horkai.com) in Gödöllo justoutside of Budapest. I did not havewho trained the wolf actors in themovie as there were scenes withreal wolves together in packs(not something commonly seen inmovies). Now I know whotrained them, and have met someof those wolves!WolfPark.org ⎢ 9 ⎢

Wolf Park Fox Updatesby Pat GoodmannThe foxes’ pond gave some trouble this summer. It was holey in places and itswaterfall needed replacing. When Amanda replaced the waterfall, fixed thepump, and rescued the fish caught in the filter, the fish could relax – on oneoccasion the pond drained and the tails of some of the larger fish wereexposed to the air. But they survived. Luckily the foxes prefer mice to fish aswell as to rabbits, because the fish were certainly vulnerable to vulpinepredation at “low tide!”BasilElderly animals sometimes have difficulty keepingthemselves well groomed. Amanda helped himwith a dog rake, scissors, and lots of “tincture oftime.” In late July she was also able to clip his reartoenails. He eventually forgave her for all thebarbering and hair styling, and even for pickingthe tick off his nose. By late summer his coatlooked the best it has in years.All the foxes like snacks. Craisins and KittenChow are the favorites this summer. The foxescurrently prefer mice to bunnies as thesuperior entrée. Basil really likes mice.In early August he got downrightdemanding about mice. He grabbedone of Amanda’s fingers and hungon until he got a mouse.DevonPetting Devon is always special, because Devon doesn’t always want to bepetted. But in late June she raced up to Amanda and flopped on her back.Amanda sensed that Dev wanted something, specifically a tummy rub! Thatwas a red-letter event, as was organizing the foxes’ vaccinations on July 1.The first attempt to catch Devon failed, but she and Bas ran into an airlocktogether. Assuming Ember would require the squeeze cage, Amanda putit in the airlock, and then opened the inner door so the foxes could investigate.Devon and Basil explored the squeeze cage separately and together, but Mr.Murphy (of Murphy’s Law) must have been laughing because neither of theinterested exploratory foxes was Ember. But Amanda had the last laughbecause she was able to give Dev both shots as Devon stoodnear the interior door.EmberIn addition to opening a classybarber shop for gentlemen foxes,Amanda also offered salon hours forthe ladies. Ember allowed Amandato brush her a little bit. In addition tosnacks, the foxes occasionally catchsmall prey that gets into theirenclosure. Amanda heard that therewas a dead possum, a juvenile, inthe fox enclosure, but was not ableto find it. She did find that they hadcaught a bird, andin early June, she found a 3 footfox snake in their enclosure.(Where else should one look fora fox snake?)Amanda baited Ember into theairlock with bunnies on July 2 forvaccinations, and Ember, beingquite hungry, entered the airlockwhere both bunnies andhypodermics awaited. Amandamade haste to shut the airlock doorand Ember must have known thanthat this was a “gotcha.” Within fiveminutes of shutting Ember in theairlock, Amanda had given Emberboth her shots and a bunny. Sheeven touched Amanda’s fingertips acouple of times after being released,so Amanda thinks their relationshipis as good as ever.WolfPark.org ⎢ 10 ⎢

Gale’s News of the Small By Gale Motter Wolf Park Coyote Updatesby Pat GoodmannIt’s fun to run across an old friend.This summer, while on my way intoBattle Ground, I stopped to look at asnake along the road. The short,stocky snake immediately puffed up,flattened his head out like a cobraand hissed at me! A HognoseSnake! I hadn’t seen one in years-I’ve never seen one in Indiana.This small harmless snake putson an Oscar worthy perform-ancewhen threatened. The play goessomething like this:Photos by Gale MotterAdopt a Wolf ProgramAct 1: Look as dangerous aspossible. This includes puffing,flattening ones head and neck tomake one look larger, and thenstriking at the offending creature.Of course, because it is all an act,a snake will never actually strikewith an open mouth.Act 2: Because threatening didn’twork one must now convincethe enemy that one is not wortheating, i.e. “I’m sick and dying”.One must look like one is goinginto convulsions. One must writhearound, with tongue hanging outand finally roll over presenting thebelly, which is the only position agood dead snake should be in. Iffor some reason returned ontoone’s belly, a proper hognose snakemust immediately flip onto its backonce more. To be a dead snake onehas to be on one’s back!Sponsor BenefitsOne Year Sponsorship is $175• Select a wolf, fox coyote orbison to sponsor• Receive quarterly updatesand photos• Our Wolf Park quarterlynewsletter• Invitations to special events• A keepsake of the animal’shair• Special educational sessionabout wolf visits• Personal visits with animalor “stand in” animal (restrictionsapply)• Optional photo documentationof the visit• Free admission to park foryou and your familyTwister can make Willow back downbut he often acts apprehensivearound her despite his larger sizeand recent string of successes inbacking her down. I suspect she haslet him know he can’t bully her withimpunity; after all, he has to sleepsometime…The yotes’ puppy father, Nick, dearlywanted to go in and visit Twister,who has remained friendly to himthrough the fence. We managed thisCoyotes (Canis latrans)Its Latin name, Canis latrans, means "barking dog."Twister (Left) - Male - Born April 3, 2006Willow (Above) - Female - Born April 2, 2006Jessica Hamman came to Wolf Parkfrom Chicago where she works as a dogtrainer, and attends Northeastern IllinoisUniversity. She has been our sole fallintern, so has been very busy with allher jobs, from giving tours to feeding thewolves. Jessi has an interest in both wolfconservation and wildlife rehabilitation.Gaby Dufresne-Cyr came to us fromMontreal for a one month practicum visitGaby is a dog trainer in Canada. Shehas been working with dogs for most ofher life, and has also had the chance towork with the wolves at Park Safari Zoo.by leashing Willow and taking her toa holding pen down the corridor;she is still very aggressive to Nickthrough the fence. Twister and Nickhad a very touching reunion. Theirvisit lasted about half an hour.Andrew, their senior puppy dad, alsovisited them this summer.Willow is more prone to threateningpeople than Twister is. She stillstalks interns but can usually set thethreatening behavior asidetemporarily to work on Taking TreatsGently Through the Fence. Thenshe goes back to threatening. Someinterns she will take treats from,others cannot give her treats butthey can stand next to other peoplegiving Willow treats and she willignore them while earning tastymorsels. When the morsels aregone, she resumes her regularlyscheduled threats. By chance welearned that you should never,never NEVER do a cartwheel infront of Willow if you want to keepher regard. One of our interns spontaneouslycartwheeled about fortyfeet from the ‘yote enclosure, andWillow went ballistic! I have seldombeen so glad for the extra wideoverhang topping their enclosure!Besides spectacular gravity defyingleaps, Willow had hackles raisedbeginning just behind her ears andgoing all the way down her tailindicating that she was very veryvery very very very aggressivelyaroused.Interns and PracticumsShe was here to learn more aboutwolf behavior.Mark Evans is originally from Wales,but has lived in Australia, Africa andcurrently is based out of Canada. Hespent a month at Wolf Park this falllearning about wolf behavior and thefunction of a small wildlife focussednon-profit. Mark works for a companythat does eco-tourism, and alsois involved in documentary filmmaking.He is working to stop thetrapping of wolves and other animalsin Quebec, Canada.WolfPark.org ⎢ 11 ⎢

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