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What a beautiful day - clear skies and the company of wolves.
I turned up a little late but cleaning was not difficult as the wolves had gone to bed late and got up early so apart from straw all over the place nothing else needed cleaning up (apart from in Duma and Dakotas which was a little 'wet')
After cleaning and a cup of coffee we wandered down past the Euros where I took the photos below of them running around.
The Euro females have had injections to make them think that they are pregnant to help to reduce the friction between them - this appears to be the case, but still you can see Latea showing her dominance over Lunca.
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We had a great walk in the woods with people from the National Farmers Union who have been on several walks and have more planned. Feedback from the walk was as good as usual. There have been a couple of changes in the rules to doing walks now. In order to comply with increased health and safety regulations the wolves are now 'double chained'. One chain from the wolf to the handler, then a second on from the first handlers chain to a second handler. This makes for an interesting maypole effect when a wolf decides it is going to weave the handlers. The reason for this is should an incident occur then there is a backup handler on the wolf.
After the walk in the woods, it was back to the farm to give the guests a tour, then tidy up and come home...