Carol's 1/12/10 blog      

Well we're finally all well around PrideRock, except for my Tuni the old wolf girl.  She is down and not eating again, so Gary gave her liquids, plasma and electrolytes sub que, which usually brings her around.  He is also trying to lure her with fresh venison donated yesterday.  Our friend and neighbor Ron Harris, came over to show Gary how to dress the poor girl. She was wild, had broken her front leg in 2 places and had to put out of her misery.  The cats love venison and we haven't gotten much this year, so that was a welcome sight. 

We are all enjoying a break from the freezing, arctic weather and Nia has even broken the ice to get in her pool.  It's amazing to watch the tigers play in the water in the winter time. 

Samantha is helping Gary feed tonight and went over early to clean all the pans from last night.  Last night Gary was out until 3:30 a.m. getting everyone fed.  I had to leave him after taking care of the wolves and dogs, since I had to get up and head to work early.  He was washing the spices off of chicken since the cats don't do spices, and he didn't have any help so it was a long process. 

Everyone is enjoying all the meat we are getting from the "free meat program", including the wolves and dogs.  It is quite a process though, trying to separate all the good from the bad.  Sometimes there is lots of fatty meat that has to be thrown away.  We recently had a dumpster brought out and we are filling it up to capacity every week.  Thankfully, Gary has a couple of dependable, good guys that come out every week and help him go through usually 16 to 18 barrels of either meat trimmings or meat that has been pulled from the shelf due to an expired Sell by Date.