SL
Ask the Biologist
by Jeremy Heft, Biologist/ Sanctuary Manager
1.
ee Why doesn’t the Owyh
Pack have puppies?
ated 8, after they were confisc from the USDA in April 200 k Pac e yhe total A Ow rly. the pe ted We accep ing for them pro vious owner was not car pre the ere Prior wh ts. ard die cky from a ba with inadequate in ver y small enclosures ed tain con unty re Co e we s yhe lve of 19 wo lves, both the Ow ed in removing the wo olv inv ing tion, era com op be lf DA to the US p the captive wo Game attempted to sto and h Fis ho se. Ida cea to and rs ce ne Sheriff’s Offi ted forcing the ow with each agency preven d ate oci the of ass s g rin law ute the however ners to allow the ne Game convinced the ow ure to Thank fully, Idaho Fish and ditions. Since the proced con enter the living uld wo ies pp pu de to w ma ne s wa no wolves so aper; a decision r, less invasive, and che ple sim ch ver mu we is ho , le ed ma a urr castrate when this occ . We do not know exactly ty” cili s “fa les the me at ho les the ma g neuter all C acceptin at least a year prior to WER ted ple th com bo s er, wa est ure nch the proced ck were moved to Wi and Miyooxat of the pa ver the pack. So when Himtuuqin o unable to breed, howe Saw tooth Pack was als e Th . ed en the riliz wh ste y is ad ich were alre al ligation, wh females underwent tub e Th nt. ere yhee diff Ow s the wa ate procedure WERC is for tun sed, or “tied”. In a way, clo d ure ess sut str are the es ate tub cre fallopian resources or nce we did not spend the he ; red y ilit ute ne fac y lf ad wo alre s tive Pack wa ponsible cap ation ourselves. Every res riliz ste of the tial rm ten rfo po pe to tic on them ls because the bio th control on their anima provides some sor t of bir nt. wolves is food-depende
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