Helene Möslinger, 30.08.2010
As it is often the case first come the work and then there is time for fun. That’s the same for your wolves and …
Tayanita has died
News, 17.07.2009, Kurt Kotrschal
Tayanita has died in the night from July 1 to 2nd. The dissection done hours later at the VetMed University Vienna revealed that she had overeaten the evening before and actually died from stomach torsion in the late night. Because it happened at night and in the enclosure, we had no chance to help; early morning she was found dead in the enclosure.
The dissection also showed a pronounced hydrocephalus, explaining why she was blind from birth and why she developed epilepsy later on.
Taya was exceedingly sociable and lovely with wolves and humans and was the only wolf which still was reliably friendly with children. In the pack, she had a kind of special position, respected by all, but not fully socially integrated. She just turned into a crocodile (towards wolves or humans) when valued food was close by.
We miss her a lot and we hope that her esteemed adopter will not be affected too much. Losing one of our wolves already in the first year found us unprepared, hit us out of the blue. One day or another we would have lost her, considering her neurological condition, but it was ways too early now.
