| Brutus came to Wild Spirit on April 30, 2008, with his siblings, Navar and Akela. The trio had originally belonged to Fejervary Children's Zoo in Davenport, Iowa. The zoo had purchased six pups from Wilderness Kingdom Zoo, and four remained at the time Wild Spirit agreed to take them. Fejervary Zoo had been around for a century, though was having a difficult time with funding and community support. In addition, the eight year-old wolves had very high stress levels, and prior to her passing, Akela's sister, Callie, and her had been getting into substantially more severe fights. Originally, we were scheduled to take all four wolves, though because of their age, during spaying, Callie passed away. Leyton and Angel drove to Davenport, assisted with the wolves' capture, and brought them to Wild Spirit. Within only a few weeks, all three began coming up to the fence for tours, and accepting food from caretaker's hands without issue. |
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Out of the three, Brutus has adapted the best to his new environment. He is the alpha of the group, so he is the bravest and most curious about happenings in his enclosure. He does come up to people he is comfortable with for scratches, and will approach the closest of the three when tours walk by. He occasionally will pick on his brother Navar to retain his alpha status, but seems to love his sister Akela dearly.
Brutus is a Timber/Tundra wolf. |
