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Cougar's Fresh Kill Is Wolves Delight
Posted by jennifer on October 4, 2009 in Dog & Wolf News / Issues,K-9 Ranch Training Center- Boulder, Colorado,Nature / Colorado.
I am sitting at my laptop in front of the wolves enclosure listening to the blues- public radio. I packed my backpack this morning with water, a copy of Walden, two camera lenses and left for the forest. I had Max, Henry, Elvis & Lola and Clide stayed behind because he's getting too old for long journeys. The idea was simple: a three hour hike in the National Forest and an attempt to get to the top of this mountain of which I have gotten many times close to finishing. We were in the thick of it- climbing over rocks and boulders, the wolves playing and I documenting. My legs got some scrapes and I recalled the time when as a child, I got lost in the woods probably not more than 5 years old. I was often curious and searched to far for arrowheads.
The wolves and dogs negotiated fallen trees and big brush like a piece of cake- their feet moved with such precision and their demeanor a happy one.
I came across a 45 Automatic pistol cartridge along with 4 flicker feathers, a rock that I'll sand down and a small hoof from a young deer.
Out on our adventure, we came across a cougar kill. It's fresh leg bones lay scattered about. Max dug up the remaining insides- a chance that the mountain lion was on it's way back for a snack later.
I know these kill sites and knew it was not safe to hang around but in the process as the wolves gorged on skin and bones, I took these pictures. I hope you'll find them as fascinating as I do. In the meantime, after a long journey, everyone is napping as I type.
The wolves & dog's happiness in success in finding a kill site is baffling- The dogs are far less interested in it as the wolves are though they don't mind snacking on a bone. The language & respect to eating is universal. They are at peace while the other one indulges. I am amazed sometimes at the commonalities and just as amazed at such drastic differences.
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