The Wolf pups which were rescued from an abandoned den during the Funny River fire will soon reside at the Minnesota Zoo.
Ken Marsh with the Department of Fish and Game said…
Marsh: “Looks like they’ve all found a home all together which is the best case scenario.”
The Minnesota Zoo is located south of Minneapolis in Minnesota and offered to accommodate the whole litter and will receive a permit to house them permanently.
Currently the litter is being taken care of at the Alaska Zoo in Anchorage and will continue until the puppies are healthy enough to travel.
When found on Tuesday, they weighed about 2.5 pounds apiece and suffered from dehydration and punctures from porcupine quills.
Marsh said that the firefighters who discovered the den did the right thing calling the Department of Fish and Game.
Marsh: “Our area biologist Jeff Selinger was called and was able to go to the scene and evaluate the situation, whether or not the parents were likely to return, and then make that decision, because that’s his call, to make the decision as to whether or not the wolves should be moved.”
