The parc is pretty big and is organised according to packs. Every enclosure covers a more or less vast piece of forest. For example, the biggest pack possesses a very extensive enclosure with a few dens in which wolves only mate and care for the new puppies.
The packs are fed twice a week just like they would be in the wild. Apparently, they can eat up to four kilos of meat in one sitting. Then they digest for 2-3 days. They don't chew. Just swallow. Their jaw can apply a pressure of up to one ton. A pitt-bull: 50-80 kilos. In other words, wolves can bite into a cow's femur just like we would into an apple.
If they are really in a tight spot, they can eat frogs, birds, and even little berries to cleanse their digestive system.
The parc keeps a pack next to the observation post so they can put on a little show for the guests: feeding time. This pack is fed every day (little pieces of expired meat from grocery stores) at 4 PM. In the background, we could hear the other packs howling loudly out of jealousy. They could smell the meat from where they were (200-300 m away).
Here is a picture of the wolves (Belgian breed) at 4 o'clock. You can see one jumping (they jump pretty high) to catch a piece of meat thrown at them. The other picture is of the wolves pacing 45 min before feeding time. Before that, they were sleeping.
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