An adult Coyote (Canis latrans) portrait, captive in the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center in winter; Portage, Alaska, United States of America

A yearling Gray Wolf (canis lupus) stands in it's favorite spot to watch people at the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center, South-central Alaska; Portage, Alaska, United States of America

A yearling Gray Wolf (canis lupus) stands in it's favorite spot to watch people at the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center, South-central Alaska; Portage, Alaska, United States of America

Black bear cub (ursus americanus), captive in Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center, South-central Alaska; Portage, Alaska, United States of America

A captive female Brown bear (Ursus arctos) rests and sleeps on a driftwood log at the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center with a pond in the background, South-central Alaska; Portage, Alaska, United States of America

Black bear cub (ursus americanus), captive in Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center, South-central Alaska; Portage, Alaska, United States of America

Sitka Black-tailed Deer (Odocoileus hemionus sitkensis), captive at the Alaska WIldlife Conservation Center; Portage, Alaska, United States of America

Black bear cub (ursus americanus), captive in Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center, South-central Alaska; Portage, Alaska, United States of America

A captive female Brown bear (Ursus arctos) rests and sleeps on a driftwood log at the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center with a pond in the background, South-central Alaska; Portage, Alaska, United States of America

Brown bears (ursus arctos) resting on the ice after playing, captive in Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center; Portage, Alaska, United States of America

Captive female brown bear Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center at Portage, Alaska in Summer. Southcentral Alaska.

Black bear cub (Ursus americanus) climbing in a dead tree, captive in the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center; Portage, Alaska, United States of America

CAPTIVE: Bull Elk and cow at the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center near Portage, Southcentral Alaska, Summer

CAPTIVE: Young deer lying in grass at the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center near Portage, Southcentral Alaska, Summer

American Black bears (ursus americanus), nose to nose, Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center; Portage, Alaska, United States of America

A radio collard wolf wades across the West Fork River in Denali National Park, Interior Alaska, Summer

Young wolf in grasses in Kukak Bay, Katmai National Park & Preserve, Alaska.

Female Gray Wolf (canis lupus), captive, Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center; Portage, Alaska, United States of America