Happy Monday everyone – A quick animal update: The biggest news is we caught up quite a few of our male Species Survival Plan (SSP) animals for semen collection and banking last week. For two days we hosted the Point Defiance Zoo reproductive team as well as a reproductive specialist out of the St. Louis […]
“Wolves in Washington”, a traveling wolf exhibit, is on display at the Washington State Library from Feb 4 – April 12, 2013. If you are in the neighborhood, stop by to see this interesting display, organized by the Burke Museum, University of Washington (in consultation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Washington […]
An excellent video of Lamar Canyon Pack wolves. Video by Story
February 18, 2013 Things are pretty normal in the sanctuary. Clarice, our oldest girl, continues to do well. Klondike, our newest guy, is acting like he’s been here his whole life and has really settled in well. And thankfully, no major health issues with anyone! Breeding season is getting into full swing. We have […]
Wednesday 6 February 2013 This article appeared in The Guardian, by Roberta Kwok for Conservation Magazine, part of the Guardian Environment Network The return of grey wolves ‘not enough to restore Yellowstone’s ecosystem’ Loss of wolves = loss of willows = loss of beavers = loss of willows = loss of beavers………
by Sophia McMurray age 9 (This poem is dedicated to Eve. My wolf that I adopted from Wolf Haven.) The moon is full and the pack is howling. They’re on the hunt and the leader’s growling. They look so graceful in the night as if they were getting ready for flight. In the den the […]