Grey Wolf Captivity

You ever wonder how the Grey wolf acts and dose to survive in the wild compared to the Grey wolf in captivity. The Grey wolf in captivity gets feed on a regular basis and has shelter made for them by humans. There is so much a Grey wolf in the wild has to do to survive by getting its own food to making its own shelter. Even the dangers they face in the wild such as other animals and harsh weather conditions. This is just what they have to do to survive.

The average Grey wolfs diet consist of mainly meat such as elk, deer, moose and caribou. Mainly large hoofed mammals but wolves also eat smaller animals when they are not in a pack or food is scarce such as beaver, rabbits and other small prey. Wolves are also scavengers and often eat animals
The average pack consists of a family of 5-11 animals 1-2 adults 3-6 juveniles and 1-3 yearling or sometimes two or three such families the largest pack seen in the wild had 42 wolves in it. The mated pair produces pups every year, with offspring typically staying in the pack for 10-54 months before leaving or dieing. Wolf packs rarely adopt other wolves into their pack usually they kill or scare off the animal but in some rare cases they will adopt the wolf usually the wolf is still just a yearling and can not compete for breeding rights in the pack. In some cases the pack will adopt another wolf into the pack to replace a dead breeder. Wolves are highly territorial and need lots of room for hunting and living. The reason they need so much room is to keep a steady supply of food for them. Wolves defend their territory by scent marking howling and direct attacks on other wolves. When they hunt it is usually the mated pair who is doing most of the work so when all said and done and they have there food the mated pair eat first and when they are done eating the other wolves can eat but the other wolves usually rip pieces of meat of the animal and go somewhere they can eat in peace not worrying about the other members of the
When wolves are together they play and do such things as nose pushing , jaw wrestling,cheek rubbing and facial licking. When a wolf is mouthing on another wolfs muzzle lightly this is a friendlily gesture but when a wolf is clamping on the other wolfs muzzle with bared teeth this is a Dominance play. Wolves usually fight for dominance at a young age in the pack at least brothers and sisters do at about 3-4 months of age. And play at about 2-3 months. Though wolves communicate with howling wolves really do most of there communication with there body language and facial expressions and moving there