Pups and... What? Two moms...?

Family of arctic wolves (canis lupus arctos, vlk arkticky) from ZOO Brno, Czech republic there are two females, Alex and Clair and cubs of Clair. One of my the best shots, I think

They look like a happy family, do not they? In fact, Alex used to be alpha female and she gave birth to five pups this year. Only few days after this, Clair, beta female, also gave birth! She had 6 babies. The harmony in the pack was destroyed and Clair attacked and killed all five cubs of Alex, the alpha. Alex fortunately accepted the new situation and now both females take care of 6 cubs of Clair.
This picture was taken after Clair stopped feeding her pups. Now Alex is massaging belly of a cub to make it excrete well

If you want to see exhibit of arctic wolf in ZOO Brno, look here - [link]


Wolfish photos I am quite satisfied with:

[link]
[link]
[link]
[link]
[link]
[link]
[link]
[link]
[link]
[link]
[link]
[link]
[link]
[link]
[link]
[link]



Much more of them in my wolfish gallery - [link]

Photos of wolves cubs: [link] [link] [link]



_{This photo belongs to me and I can very easily prove, that it was me, who took this shot. So please, respect my copyright if you want to use my work, ask me first to gain my permission, please! Thank you}