cape by biting the fences, jumping over, and digging under them. The wolves also paced along the edges of their perimeter, which created cement-like paths. This non-acceptance lasted briefly, but the wolves became accustomed to their surroundings, they behaved naturally. This acceptance typically took about one week. Some of the normal activities that were observed included howling, breeding, and playing. The howling caused an unexpected increase in the amount of howling done by the coyotes.44 Breeding was never observed during the time when the wolves were in the acclimation pens but several times during mating season, the wolves would disappear for a while into the trees and brush. Mating probably occurred during these absences.45Playing was the most interesting part of the wolf observations. Since there was no wildlife in the pens, the wolves were fed road kill, elk, and deer. The remains of these carcasses were good sources of food for ravens. When a raven would swoop down to feed, the wolves chased them. In the acclimation pens, no ravens were caught, but in the wild, wolves were able to freely hunt the birds. Another wolf activity, younger wolves would parade around with bones in their mouth, effected other wolves to chase it in hopes of becoming the mightiest wolf.46 Since wolves associated the gate with humans, they would not approach it. A hole was then cut in the fence on the opposite side of the gate. It took the wolves a while but they eventually figured out that they could leave.Each wolf had a different personality. When they were fed, some of them would approach the humans with aggressiveness, but never attacked because of their fear of humans. It is believed that these wolves were the leaders and had to show the others that they were brave enough to protect their territory. Other wolves would not venture near the humans but would not flee either. These wolves seemed interested to view what was happenin...
