Pool Day For Atka the Arctic Wolf

Atka is a captive-born Arctic gray wolf at the Wolf Conservation Center (WCC) in South Salem, NY. The confident and charismatic ambassador has won the hearts and opened the minds of hundreds of thousands of people in his 14 years. He’s a powerful presence in the fight to preserve wolves’ rightful place in the environment, and for the WCC staff, the best boss we’ll ever have.

The WCC is constantly trying to make sure that our ambassador wolves have interesting experiences. Their enclosures are spacious and have natural varied terrain, but we also try to provide them with enrichment - activities that will challenge and mentally stimulate them. Enrichment can include hiding food in an empty enclosure and then letting the wolves into the enclosure to track down the food (something we often do when we host birthday parties) or introducing foreign objects with interesting textures and/or smells (such as boxes filled with horsehair and daubed with perfume) into their enclosure.

Sometimes it’s just a matter of letting Atka explore a new environment so he can experience all sorts of different sights and smells! We don’t know what Atka will do, but it’s sure to be fun finding out!

For more information about wolves and the WCC's participation in wolf recovery, please visit our website at www.nywolf.org and follow us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/nywolforg) and twitter (https://twitter.com/nywolforg), and Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/wolfconserv...)

• Category

  • Pets & Animals

• License

  • Standard YouTube License