Why pair of Canadian wolves won't eat (Xinhua) Updated: 2006-08-11 06:58
Chinese and foreign experts in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province are
trying to figure out why two Arctic wolves are not eating and appear to be
starving themselves since their arrival from Canada on August 3.
The two-year-old male and female were brought from Canada. Staff at their new
home, the Zoo for Polar Animals in Harbin, capital city of Heilongjiang, had
planned a public relations campaign to ask the public to name them. But the
wolves have refused to eat anything and have nothing but water since their
arrival.
"The wolves will be in danger if they don't eat for 15 days," said Canadian
expert Mr. Mackie .
"Maybe they have not adapted to the new environment here,"said Wang Yunhai,
vice chairman of the Heilongjiang Animal Husbandry Association.
The wolves' new home is the size of a football field. They are being offered
dishes of beef, pork, fruits and vegetables.
The Arctic wolf is an endangered species.
Yao Lei, spokesperson with the zoo said that it was the first time China has
imported Arctic wolves.
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