Yes, they'd be struggling to survive. This is actually a very open concept rp where ideas from everyone can potentially be used. And no, they're not anthropomorphic, they are strictly wolves, when they have dialogue and communicate, it will of course be written out what they are saying but no, they do not speak human languages i.e. A wolf speaking to a wolf will be written as if it were a person speaking to another person but if there is a wolf and a human, consider how people talk to their pets, they are essentially speaking to themselves since the animal cannot respond.