Waiting is hard– but worth it, as Friday morning was an amazing day. Keepers Katie and Autumn heard squeaking in the morning and saw three pups in the front den. We let the female be to see if more were coming– and they did!! 6 total puppies 3 males and 3 females. Here’s the first picture we took: To check them out, we work quickly and pull everyone out of the den. Weigh them, give them a good look over,Read more
Posts filed in: Wolves
Still no pups…
… but we’re hopeful. The female wolf is looking very large and doing lots of digging in one of the den areas. It’s hard to wait – nerve-wracking actually. Many staff wrote their guesses for birth date and number of pups born in the Red Wolf Puppy Pool in the staff lunch area.Read more
Hoping for some wolf pups…
We’ve had a breeding pair of red wolves at the Museum for the past 6+ years… yet no pups. Back in 2011 some of us were very confident that pups were on the way. However, no pups then, and none of our pairings since 2002 have had pups. At last Summer’s Red Wolf SSP meeting, a new pair was made- a female-1858- was going to come from Chattanooga to live and hopefully breed with our male- 1784. Our new pairRead more
What happened while we’ve been gone, part 2
Hopefully you’ve been keeping track of our wolf news on Ranger Greg’s blog! He takes amazing photos of the wolves and shares great information so check it out. In November 2016, it was time for us to send our female red wolf off and get a new one in. During the Red Wolf SSP meeting which happens every summer we learned that we would swap female red wolves with Reflection Riding Arboretum and Nature Center. We were looking to sendRead more
Christmas 2016
So, I arrive this Christmas without any issues at all- waking before my alarm and remembering to pack some food. The Keepers have left me some notes: Compared to Christmas 2015, there are a few primary differences I notice right off the bat: I am using a smart phone this year to take pictures… no more flip phone for me. I set the logbooks up on the Vet Room table rather than the counter- apparently sitting is a desire thisRead more
Christmas 2015
You know the deal. Advance prep for the day: Review all the log books and check in with Keepers about any specific things to note. CHECK Christmas present for Security Guard. CHECK Headlamp and tasty food for me on desk and ready. CHECK New batteries in Camera. CHECK All’s ready for the day. 5:00 AM arrival with the only issue being I startled the security guard. I arrive set to have no escapes, even though Sarah commented itRead more