Feeling very sad because of a heart breaking story I just heard about. I wanted to share it here and please beware of my emotions.
An entire family of wolves in Wildwood Trust in Herne Common were killed on my birthday yesterday. Knowing about this made my blood run cold. It was at a zoo in Kent, a pack of Eurasian wolves lived in an enclosure of trees. Visitors were able to see the wolves in their space and some people have even claimed they once petted them! Others felt concerned for the wolves being kept in a small confinement so all they did was pacing back and forth.
This family consisted of parents, Odin and Nuna, and their three sons Minimus, Tiberius and Maximus. No longer puppies, the young adult brothers were unable to leave the pack as nature would tell them. The only available female was their mother. The staff acknowledged a breakdown in the pack resorting to aggression among the wolves, three of them severely wounded after fighting. That could've been because these males fought over Nuna. The brothers instinctively needed to exit the enclosure and leave, travelling miles on a journey to find their own family pack. Wolves in the wild behave like this. They just don't remain at home with mum and dad during adulthood, especially not three brothers.
No plans made to separate the lads and help them adjust to a different environment or even to meet other female wolves. The staff could have reached out to other wildlife parks, or contact wolf trusts and wolf experts. They didn't do this. The big boys only wanted to move to their own dens and become independent. This is where the anger happened. Wolves are not pets. The staff simply didn't know this! Shame on them. My blood boils now for the lives of these wolves lost to foolish neglectful people running this wild park.
Rest and be free beautiful wolves.
She Wolf Night
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