Rejoining the Pack

Aidan had surgery on November 21st for a potentially problematic testicle. Fortunately, the situation was not as problematic as anticipated, Aidan had a quick and easy surgical procedure, but, with wolves, the biggest concern is the recovery time. Placing an individual back into a pack after surgery is risky. Active social dominance can result in torn sutures, or an individual can be perceived as weak and can be singled out by the pack. Keeping a wolf out of the pack until it is completely healed can be just as problematic. Wolves are social pack animals and an isolated individual can lose status in the pack or be perceived as a disperser if they are out too long, not to mention the anxiety of being separated from pack mates. It is much easier to reintegrate pups than adults. To read more about each individual wolf's behavior during the reintroduction, check out http://www.wolf.org and follow the link to the wolf logs.

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• Aidan
• Shadow
• Malik
• Grizzer
• Maya
• International Wolf Center
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• Ely Minnesota
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[MaximillionProteus]

Is Maya the only girl in the pack??

[IntlWolfCenter]

@MaximillionProteus Yes, she is the only female.

[cat22203]

I hope Sarah Palin will not see this video and find out the location

[slugger12]

I love wolves a lot and don't ever want to see them get hunted. We need to teach these people that wolves can play an important role in our lives. Great job you guys! Keep teaching and those wolves out of danger!

[bunxx12]

no one likes that one wolf do they?

[velvetcheerio]

Does Shadow have a skin infection on his tail? o.O

[stro555]

good use of language this time of year

queen maya

your landlord shadow being seduced for playfullness

some manesfestation of landlordbehaviour at their court...

[minytaina]

Wolfs are majestic!

[minytaina]

@slugger12 Me too!! I agree 100% I love wolfs with all my heart, and I don't ever want to see them harm in any ways, and yes they do play an important role in our lives! Ive been a member for some time now and I'm very pleased with the job their doing on teaching and keeping the wolfs OUT OF DANGER!

[TheWolveAngel]

lol that white wolf that guards the pups like a police officer is my fav ^_^

[LuthersMom]

From the IWC staff: When more than one female has pups in the pack, it is either allowed due to an abundance of food or is not allowed and often the pups of the lower ranking female starve or are abandoned. The dominant female's pups take preference and receive the food resources first in most cases. It does happen that the litters are combine but, is not often the case.

[LuthersMom]

continued.... fight back, submit to the challenger and potentially be injured or killed and expected to take a lower rank; or the wolf can disperse or leave the pack. A typical pack in the wild is a family so some of the dominance you see with the IWC wolves may not accurately reflect wild wolf pack dominance as the parents are usually the dominant pair.