To celebrate the start of National Wolf Awareness Week, the zoo is inviting visitors to a keeper talk and wolf enrichment session Sunday, Oct. 17, at 11:30 a.m. The event is not for the faint of heart, however — the wolves’ enrichment item will be a carcass, a special treat for the predatory pack animals.

Article from the International Wolf Center in Minnesota.

National Wolf Awareness Week encourages conservation efforts not only for wolves, but for all wild species. Defenders sponsors events nationwide to celebrate wolves.