#Wolf update. Today was sunny, but also cold and windy. The animals seemed comfortable, however we did recently swap the enclosures for two packs. The arctics got moved into our larger enclosure, which has ponds and serious acreage. I didn't get a good pic of all four of them. (The one I have is the white one here who is standing up and walking.)

The other two pictured, the large black one and the white one laying down, were originally in that enclosure, but are now in a smaller one. The white one is the black one's mom, as well as mother to two other wolves here. They've been in this enclosure before when we've let them in to explore before moving the arctics in, but are used to the bigger one, so it's an adjustment. They're normally used to having more space to disappear to when there are visitors, but they still have places to do that now if they want.

As an aside, the darker one is our largest wolf. Most of our's are around 80 to 120 lbs (36 to 54 kg), although he's around 140 lbs (63.5 kg). That's more on the bigger side for a wolf. The arctics still have some growing to do so it should be interesting to see how big they get.

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One more wolf picture. This one is splashing around in her water trough.

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Wolf update from yesterday. Two of our enclosures are connected by a bridge that was started before my time volunteering here, to be able to more easily move animals between enclosures. In this case, we actually had the other enclosure free, so we opened the walkway for the wolves to be able to use it whenever they want. They occasionally cross over, and like being able to see from up high.

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#Wolf party. Our four arctics were interested in me as I was walking by their enclosure today, but got up and started to disperse when I got closer. I think they're getting a little braver with humans, but are still getting acclimated.

The darker one pictured here was napping toward the end of the day. It was cold out, and they were a little more active earlier, but at the point I think he had the right idea.

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