It looks like our girl went into estrous today! I saw her this morning with what looked to be some blood underneath her tail. It’s pretty remarkable that she started on February 9th/10th of last year, and she’s only a couple days off this year. Talk about having a regular schedule! We will keep you posted on the male and female interactions for the next few weeks.Read more
Posts tagged: #red wolf
The time is near!
I’ve been pretty excited recently over the growing anticipation of red wolf breeding season. I’ve been watching our female, #1227, closely for early signs of her being in estrous. So far nothing yet, but last year we saw the first signs in late January and early February when the male started to show more interest in her. She actually went into estrous last year on February 10th, so hopefully we are less than two weeks away! Our beautiful pair ofRead more
QuikPost: female red wolf…Issues again.
The Keepers noticed some blood on our female red wolf yesterday. (#1227) If you look closely you can see some blood on her chest. She is acting totally fine and we don’t notice anything today. Since she is acting fine, we’ll wait until Monday and have our Vet, Dr Vanderford, check her out. Seems like something is always going on with our girl! Click here to read about her and our wolves’ physicals this past October.Read more
Big Word of the Month: Euthanasia
The big word of the month is a hard one to talk about. Euthanasia comes from Greek and means “good death”. I doubt any two people can agree on what exactly a good death is, yet it is a discussion we have to have in the Animal Department from time to time. When an animal is ill and our veterinarians have run out of treatment strategies we have to consider quality of life issues. Deciding when an animal is sufferingRead more
Spotlight: Kim Wheeler
This is Kim Wheeler on the left. (She’s with Diane Hendry, the Outreach Coordinator for the Red wolf Recovery Program- I’ll spotlight her a different month though). The photo of the wolves is one of the most famous red wolf photos ever taken and it is of red wolves born right here at the Museum of Life and Science! Kim would rather not be the center of attention, but if that’s what it takes to help out red wolves she’llRead more
Wolf Awareness Week
We’re excited about the upcoming Wolf Awareness Week. The focus of this week is on wolves and their value and importance. You’ll get a chance everyday to meet a keeper and talk about our wolves and wolf conservation. We’re especially excited to have Kim Wheeler, the executive director of the Red Wolf Coalition here, Wednesday afternoon. She’ll be set up down at the wolf exhibit all afternoon with some neat items and great conversation. Kim was just honored with theRead more