Camperdown Wildlife Centre in Dundee has reopened as a wolf at the zoo continues to recover from an operation.
The wildlife centre closed earlier this week to allow an emergency operation on their alpha male wolf, Loki, on Tuesday.
It was shut on Wednesday to allow Loki privacy to recuperate in the wolves’ enclosure and had been due to reopen on Thursday.
Wolf pack left ‘unusually anxious’
But park staff announced on Thursday the centre would remain closed until further notice as the rest of the wolf pack had reportedly been affected by the unexpected illness of their alpha male.
Officials at the zoo said the pack had become “unusually anxious” and that they required some extra time to settle back into their normal routine.
However a spokesperson for the centre announced that the park reopened on Friday.
A post on Facebook read: “We will open as normal today (Friday) at 10am.
“Loki, our alpha male wolf, continues to recover well from a recent operation, and we look forward to welcoming visitors back and seeing you soon.”
Loki is a rare European Grey wolf who arrived at the zoo with female wolf Aurora in 2016, in the hope they would contribute to the European breeding programme to help reduce pressure on wild environments.
The pair quickly had two cubs just months after being released into their new enclosure before Aurora gave birth to five more cubs the following year.
Loki was born in 2012 in the Netherlands and Aurora was born at the Highland Wildlife Park in 2013.
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