- Do these wolves howl?
- Not very often in front of the public. They
sometimes can be heard howling late evening and early morning,
especially during the fall.
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- Where are the wolves?
- The exhibit has space behind the broad hill
where they can, if they choose, remove themselves from public view.
They’ve also started digging den holes where they spend the
nights.
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- Do wolves attack humans?
- In North America, there have been four documented
cases of wolves attacking humans and no deaths. In contrast, there
have been 12 human fatalities in the past 20 years from attacks
by wolf/dog hybrids, and, between 1991 and 1997, 12 to 15 fatalities
from attacks by domestic dogs.
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- Are you going to breed the wolves?
- No. The current wild population of gray wolves
is sufficient to maintain the species. Zoos have limited space
to accommodate animals and must make intelligent decisions as to
which animals most require captive breeding programs.
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- Do we have wild wolves in Washington?
- Yes. Wolves are in the North Cascades. They
come down from Canada, and there’s a plan under consideration
to reintroduce wolves to Olympic National Park. Over the last several
years, wolves have been successfully reintroduced to Yellowstone
National Park and central Idaho and are soon to be reintroduced
into eastern Arizona and western New Mexico.
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