Oh he's so murr---

Amen to everything you said, and I have that bandana :D

Walmart for a dollar yo.

It's sad I actually have to put a warning for the sickos.. I've seen pepole comment on pictures of animals with some really perverted shit tho.

sad that you have to put up a wraning like that.

People like that are so dumb D:
You're very lucky to be able to interact with one though. <3 Great picture.

It's sad to see how many wolves they have... sadder to hear how many they have to turn down do to lack of space for them.
I'd much rather see wolves wild here... they were once and maybe if people stop trying to keep them as pets and work to save them they will be again.

I actually care for a wild wolf/cyote/dog who had the same thing happen to him. His name is Baxter, and he had to learn how to howl from our other dogs. he's a real sweetheart.

our border-collie, Bianka, hated him and wouldn't let him anywhere near us for a few months. now they are best friends.

good for you, looking out for Luke!

Wolves can howl naturally without really learning. To them barking is done as a sign of fear but if they're part dog barking is common.

I'm glad he was saved from a tragic death. Sadly this sanctuary is too far for me to go often but I plan to spend a few weekend a summer out there helping out.

*nods* good fer you!

and Baxter is an odd mix... he has some carolina wild dog in him.

EWWWWMAN.


But srsly, I am fucking jealous.

About meeting the wolves or about cutting up a dead steer and watching a fellow student cut the spine in half with an ax?

Both :U

Oh god, so jealous :O

This sanctuary is wicked. They'll give you a tour and let you camp up there as well as let you meet a wolf or 2 face to face. Free, all they want is some help during the day while you're there.

The closest I came to a wild carnivore was while hunting. An absolutely beautiful cougar ran past me only teen feet away while I was watching over a shale clearing. After it got about 50 feet away it dropped from a run to a saunter and kept looking back at me with lovely blue eyes. I could have shot it at any time but had no interest in doing so. My stepdad, who was a couple of "hogsback" hills away saw the whole thing and was angry that I didn't kill it. He wanted a trophy and the local beef ranchers had a 500 dollar reward out to bag cougars in the area. I've hunted only for food and hate the idea of killng for sport. He wouldn't take me hunting afterwards and I didn't care,

I almost hit a cougar in my car once; I would have felt so bad if i did.
I don't hunt but I have nothing against hunting for food.. especially with overpopulated game animals such as deer.

I had a wolf dog for years. Most loyal pet i've ever had. If people know how to handle the animals, then they can have them, but i will agree that the majority of people shouldn't have wolves or wolf dogs for pets.

Yea, the janitor at my college has a wolf hybrid and has had her for 11 years.

I honestly don't believe in even breeding them or hybrids as pets right now. They should be focusing on getting them back into the wild. I wish Colorado had wild wolves. We did once before.
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Thank you for caring for the hybrid though, this place gets so many calls they can't do anything about because people change their minds after getting one and realizing they take more work than most domesticated dogs.

There is a wolf sanctuary ( Lakota Wolf Preserve ) about 2 hours from here and as an Anniversary present, Bunny took me a year ago. It was one of the most memorable experiences of my life, and having them all howl around us was amazing. Unfortunately, all the wolves were there because of humans. Either they were pets, or seriously injured in traps and unable to live in the wild, or part of a circus act in another country or in the backasscrack of the US. Its so sad. They are only allowed to keep 16, and are constantly getting mail from those who found beaten, abused, lost, wolves who need a home. =( The wolves can never have cubs because its dangerous to let them breed and be captured like that for no reason, and the state has threatened to take away their license if they have over 16 wolves.

I totally agree with you, on your views. Owning a wild animal, that deserves to be free is cruel, and then bad things happen to them when you realize its too late. =( The Lakota Wolf Preserve pays their bills by charging for educational walkthroughs, and to camp next to the wolf preserve. They also had 3 foxes, and 2 Bobcats. =( Unfortunately they were all sort of tame but very dangerous because of their "pet" up bringings. =(

yea, the males are given a vasectomy to prevent pups. But that's because the owner of the sanctuary doesn't think wolves belong in cages and won't breed them for that reason.

They have... 32 to 35 I think right now.

I think they have so little because its Pennsylvania, its not normal Wolf territory, and if theres a chance of one of them getting out, and mating with a dog or something, it could be dangerous. =(

Yeah, their males were fixed as well. When they first started the pack had pups but a lot of them died because the wolves didn't know how to care for the young ( never having a pack life, until then ) and they would try to hide them from the care takers. =( It was safer and smarter.

Ever howl with them? Now that's an experience not too easily forgotten. I spent three years of my life attending VCC, a college in Ely, MN right across from the International Wolf Center (wolf.org). Many evenings I'd walk down the woodsy trail to an overlook and howl, and they'd always answer with a beautiful chorus. Unbelievable. :)

These ones no, but I went to another wolf sanctuary here in Colorado and got to.

I like the part about protecting their habitat. It's the most important form of conservation - without the land, you, can't support the animals themselves in their natural environment. I'm thankful we're going to school for the same thing, on that regard. I'm also thankful you're so strong willed to say stuff like that to people who may not think about that concept. Keep up the great work Mazz. ^^

Aside from that though, you got to play with wolves - I wish I got to play with wolves in my wildlife classes. :P

<3

*OOZES jealousy* lol I have GOT to go there... I would die happy if I did.

I wanna try to spend a weekend there this summer. Tours, camping and visits with the wolves are free if you help them out with some manual labor.

omg... I am SO there. I'm good at manual labor! *flails* Wooooolfiiiiies!

I'll let you know when I figure stuff out. IT's not till this next summer tho.
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Come on yahoo.