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photolady
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Date Posted:
Nov/25/2011 8:04 AM
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Our local zoo is participating in the United States Fish and Wildlife Service's breeding program for Mexican gray wolves. There are 5 gray wolf subspecies and the Mexican gray is the most endangered. If interested, you can learn more at:
Mexican Gray Wolf info
Human interaction with Mexican gray wolves in the breeding program is kept to a minimum in an effort to keep the natural wild instincts. The ultimate goal is to reintroduce wolves back into the wild. To stimulate the natural instincts, our zoo offers the wolves "real life" feedings periodically. These feedings include deer, wild turkey, etc. but never domestic livestock. The source of the deer in our area is usually deer that have been killed in collisions with motor vehicles.
So ... attached is a recent photo from a "real life" feeding.
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Alice
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chance
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Date Posted:
Nov/25/2011 12:47 PM
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EWE but WOW! You can see every strand of fur on these wolves. What majestic animals.
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My camera is for pleasure, not for pressure
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kennymc
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Date Posted:
Nov/25/2011 12:54 PM
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That is some mean stare and a good photograph to boot.
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photolady
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Date Posted:
Nov/25/2011 3:36 PM
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chance - I know some people who will not take their young children to see the "real life" feedings because of the graphic nature of the interaction.
Kenny - thanks! Glad you like the photo.
I don't know about zoos worldwide but the zoos here in the States have been moving away from just being a collection of animals to being actively involved in conservation. Even our small local zoo is participating in 14 Species Survival Plans.
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Alice
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Steve
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Date Posted:
Nov/26/2011 12:58 AM
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Awesome photo! I love animals acting like they are supposed to.
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Steve
Reality can be beaten with enough imagination..... Mark Twain
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photolady
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Date Posted:
Nov/26/2011 1:23 PM
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Thanks Steve.
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Alice
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crankypants
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Date Posted:
Dec/08/2011 7:41 PM
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You nailed that spot on. Great capture.
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Stay in life, life is a gift. It's a joy. Don't drop out of it...Dick LeBeau
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photolady
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Date Posted:
Dec/13/2011 7:33 PM
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Thanks Kevin. These wolves really attack the carcass during these feedings so it makes for some really good natural behavior photos.
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Alice
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crankypants
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Date Posted:
Dec/13/2011 8:59 PM
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The look on that wolf's face is just vicious. You captured it well.
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Stay in life, life is a gift. It's a joy. Don't drop out of it...Dick LeBeau
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Victor
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Date Posted:
Dec/16/2011 2:00 PM
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definitely a job for the looong lens
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Fools rush in where he who hesitates is lost
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