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ARE YOU WILD ABOUT WOLVES?
WILD ABOUT ECOLOGY?
WILD ABOUT LEARNING?
THEN COME AND TAKE A TREK ON THE WILD SIDE!
Experience
A Wolf Encounter; And Foster A Wild Wisdom & Insight!
Namaste', Welcome To A Wolf Adventure; A Wild Encounter.
A
Provincially licensed, Wolf OutReach and Eco Discovery Center. Nestled within an amazing pristine
forest setting in North Central Sask. Canada, AWA is home not only to an amazing diverse eco system, but some special
bottle-raised captive wolf ambassadors, including the elusive and rare subspecies of Gray Wolf (The Arctic Wolf) Canis lupus arctos.
WolfEcho Valleys A Wolf Adventure, A Wild Encounter is
proud to be a supporting member of the (WRSOS)
and
American Association of Zoo Keepers (AAZK)
A Wolf Adventure is a one of a kind, and the only legal and licensed wolf center in the
Province, and one of but a few in all of Canada that fosters, stimulates and promotes a
healthy respect of wildlife and surrounding habitat. We believe
the only true way to attain an understanding of the importance of conservation, is through education.
OutReach=Education=Power of Knowledge=Desire to Conserve & Preserve=
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Wild Wisdom and Insight
Wolves remain one of the most highly misunderstood creatures, and the myths abound of
just what this feared predator is truly all about. Ask two different people and you usually get two different answers.
Through educating with our captive wild, yet socialized ambassadors, they give the public an opportunity to see up
close and in person what a wolf is, and what they are not. It is our hopes that what people understand,
they help to protect.
BUT it is more than just being able to see a wolf in captivity, that helps people
to get involved with saving them. I don't think people connect with any wild animal, and wish to help protect them in the
their natural habitat, unless they also make an emotional connection to the natural wild lands, in which those wild animals
reside.
This is where truly A Wolf Adventure; A Wild Encounter is unique as they help visitors
to also *make that connection* and walk away with more than simply seeing a wolf in a cage, which does nothing
ultimately to foster a true wild wisdom. Visitors are able to interact on a more intimate level within a natural habitat,
and environment. AWA's pristine lands are kept in their natural wild state. This helps foster an appreciation of eveything
wild, not just wolves. You will not find manipulated nor artificial environments for our captive wild residents.
ATT:
Teachers! AWA has a special interpretive school program called A Wolf Encounter
Please visit the Teachers Page and have a wolf visit your classroom for the 2009/2010 school season. What better way for a student/students to learn about
ecology and wolves than live and in person! It will be sure to be a wild Encounter to remember.
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Illegal Wolf Ownership In Canada!
Possessing pure
wolves in captivity without licensing through fish and wildlife is HIGHLY illegal throughout Canada, transporting/importing/exporting
over the border without permits is highly illegal as well, yet at an alarming rate more and more people via illegal breeders
are in possession of such illegal wild animals.
Many people
will state that there are no tests to prove otherwise, well yes VIRGINIA there is indeed tests to determine pure wolf from
dog, and from wolfdog. These types of owners simply dont have what it takes resource wise to get approved for licensing, thus
go the illegal route. Laughing in the face of the authorities.
Report people who
advertise wolf pups for sale to the public as pets. Do not support this highly illegal trafficking of wildlife. If someone
says they have a wolf or wolves ask them if they are licensed through fish and wildlife, *they will be listed in a database
if you contact Dept. Of Natural Resources* if not do not support this! Wolves are NOT pets, they have purpose. Take
away their purpose and you take away a part of what they are... *wolves*. Even in captive situations they are still wild
animals!
Such animals
should only reside in well enriched and well constructed zoo environments, NOT pet homes. Some breeders are selling
wolves as wolfdogs, thinking they can get around the laws by doing so, when there were no tests. this was easier to do, as
tests have become refined not so much anymore! ;) Wolves are highly intelligent and require not only special dietary needs,
but enrichment wise much more than can be supplied in a back yard environment to keep their brains stimulated.
We here at A Wolf
Adventure; A Wild Encounter are strongly against pure wolves being sold as wolfdogs to illegal homes, and possessing
wolves as pets. Like any wild animal they require an educational background, and going through a process to attain
a permit to work with them. Wolves upon maturity are potentially dangerous, especially to children and people who simply
think they are like a large dog to raise in their back yards, thus can possess one as such.
When people break
laws, it creates more trouble in the long run for those that are legal, and increases demand of rescue for such canines ,
not to mention potentially serious injury or possible death to the average everyday person. Wolves are aggressive animals
by nature, (even though in the wild this is what keeps the pack working so well together, and actually keeps the peace!) In
captive situations however, when they mature like any wild animal, they are no longer so cute and will continually test those
around them, including the humans, who will fall under *wolf rules*
We are getting an
alarming number of calls from owners who have attained such canines illegally in Canada, and now are utterly overwhelmed with
what they have taken on. We want to curb this problem before we hear of some childs death on the news. It's not that we are
against wolfdogs, we have a true love for them actually enough so and more so than the need to breed or own any. It
would not even be as much of a problem if people had lower content animals with virtually no wolf. At least it's more
like raising any northern breed canine then. The problem resides in that illegal pures can be worked into the mix to be bred
and sold, it means more to us here that this be stopped for the sake and love of the animals themselves, and not the
ego so many have to own/and breed said animals. The facts are, the majority of people on this planet cannot handle canines
like this PERIOD, there are NOT enough qualified homes for the numbers breeders are putting out.
When Ontario banned
wolfdogs, rescue dried up the calls stopped coming out at an alarming rate from that province, thus the poor animals not yet
born would be saved from ever being dumped. Many people dont know that even wolfdogs are banned throughout MOST of Canada,
only a few provinces remain legal for wolf hybrid/dogs. A huge supplier of wolfdogs (Alberta) banned wolfdogs years ago yet
so far officials turn their heads the other way unless something happens and there are complaints, so much so people claim
they are legal there even, but they are not under the current wildlife act any crossing of a furbearing animal as the
wolf is, is illegal. Guess many dont truly go through the trouble of finding the actual act. Some CO's in certain
areas dont even know their own laws.
Even wolfdogs (Not
just pure wolves) require import/export permits all across Canada, even the LEGAL provinces the few that remain require
a cites permit to bring a dog with wolf heritage across border (breeders please take note!) To verify contact canadian
ag and food
We have learned a
lot of lessons over the years about these animals, and our love only has grown, but so has our respect. How I viewed
all of what I am writing five years ago, is not the same as now, as I write these words. BUT with experience, time
and knowledge comes wisdom and truth, however. Wolves were not man created, they are their own entity and spirit in
life, and being owned is not mother matures way. No wild animals should be owned. My belief about wild animals (including
wolves has been the same since childhood, and it had come full circle)
If they do reside
in captivity however, all of their needs should be met professionally and in a licensed experienced environment. Even
getting such animals to the vets if need be is not something an average citizen could handle with a full grown wolf, for many
refuse to leave their yard sites upon maturity let alone get them into a car to a doctors for proper health care.
Many find themselves
once an emergency occurs unable to get help for their animals, as the wolf is aggressive/or becomes so out of fear towards
strangers/and their owners when stressed/cornered, they cannot get the animal into the vets for the emergency care like
one can with a dog, thus a vet has to come out and dart said animal (all takes LOTS of time/money/stress to the animals
itself) the animal could be dead by the time help is actually administered.
The Rabies vaccine
is not approved for legal usage in wolfdogs or wolves thus if they so much as scratch another person they will not get
the quarantine period dogs get. It does not matter if owners say it works! what matters is what is LEGAL and APPROVED
through higher authorities (USDA) and they say it is not legal or approved. Various factors create a huge liability,
so much so even spca's in B.C no longer adopt out wolfdogs, they euthanize due to the liability due to the
nature of the animals itself, and legal reasons. If such a canine bites a child that child has to go through a painful
series of rabies shots even if the animal is vaccinated, for it is not approved for legal usage.
It is starting to
become more noticeable to even authorities slowly over time, and as the number of people attain one illegally, this will reach
more of a crescendo, maybe then something will finally be done.
Questions
About Wolves?
then please
visit our very popular page on Wolf Insight to help dispel the various myths about what a wolf is, or is not.
Want to visit and have an
Our Mantra:
Foster Respect
Inspire Exploration
Promote Responsible Stewardship
Nurture Empathy
Motivate Conservation
Encourage
Creativity
Embrace Wonder
Empower
Awareness
Envision
Enlighten
Enrich
Innovate
Experience A Wild Connection
Impart A Wild Insight and Wisdom
A Wolf Encounter is always
on the look out for volunteers, this will reward the volunteers in various ways, getting to know the animals in a more personal
manner, and learning more about what goes into their care, seeing in person where the work is going towards, furthering
building skills, and looks good on a resume', is but a few of the perks. Please click on volunteers needed or the same above to find out more.
Through adopting, and sponsorship of one of
our special ambassadors,
you will be helping in their continued care, and be given the opportunity to get to know
your sponsored animal(s) via biographies, photo updates, and if a monthly sponsor, free visits. You are also given a bit of
their shed fur to carry within a special pendant, a wolf paw casting, or plush wolf toy in return.
Through shopping at the gift shop you will be helping to grow AWA's programs.
We are not provincially or federally funded in any way. We support the wolves and the outreach through working, not the other
way around.
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| One of the gifts for sponsoring one of the arctic wolf's at AWA comes with adoption cert. |
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