Exeter Zoowatch

Wolves

I�ve got a mushy story here that I�m sure you�ll wolf up. Someone with a husky voice has made up a pack of lies which has whipped up a stir. I�m sure this story will sleigh you. With me know is Bjorn Yesterday, Exeter Zoo�s Finnish vulpine expert.
Hiya Mark! Now Mark, you are aware that huskies and wolves aren�t really the same.
Yeah. I knew that. So, Bjorn, what happened?
Well, Mark, it all stems down to the wolves at the zoo getting a little restless. You know, after being taken out of their natural environment, so we wanted to rectify that.
So you tried to make the wolf enclosure more like their natural habitat...
Not exactly. We wanted them to be less bored so... we put in a TV.
A TV!
It always does the job for me.
But they�re wolves! Obviously it�s going to do nothing for them.
Oh no, Mark, that�s where you�re wrong. They took to it like a duck to... erm... -orange! In fact, they wolfed it up..<laughs a little too enthusiastically>
Ahem.
Well, that�s where the problem began.
How do you mean?
Well, they were staying in one Saturday night, watching Gladiators, when they see the gladiator �Wolf�- and they weren�t impressed- to say the least. Which brings us to the current situation.
Which is?
Our wolves from the zoo are currently in a litigation procedure. They�re suing �Wolf� from the aforementioned show for �defamation of species�.
What? Why�s that?
They�re alleging that the programme is misleading people into believing that wolves are middle-aged balding men, that dislike referees and go �grrr�.
So, what do you hope to happen?
Well, obviously, we�re looking for a win, but at the very least an admission from the aforesaid TV personality that he is, in fact, human. And, if all goes well the Cobras and Rhinos are waiting in the wings with their lawsuits.
Right! Well, thank you for your time, Bjorn Yesterday!
Cheers! Grrr.