Wolves!
On our first day here, we went for a family walk along a public foot path and passed this sign:
Today we visited the Wolf Sanctuary in the small village where we are staying (a 15 minute walk from the house). What an experience! The wolves are beautiful, intelligent, intuitive animals. Because the Sanctuary is only open on Wednesday, the wolves do not react to public the way animals do in a zoo. The different nature and instinctual behaviour of each individual wolf was so interesting to watch. The sanctuary spreads across 50 acres and has 10 wolves in total - 3 of them are arctic wolves from Canada rescued during the 2011 ice storm when they were 10 weeks old after being abandoned by the mother after their den iced over. They are in four different pack groupings.
Wolves are stereotyped as being predatory - think the Big Bad Wolf in fairy tales - or symbolic of unspoiled wilderness. They were hunted to extinction in Great Britain centuries ago, but there are places like the UK Wolf Conservation Trust that work to have sanctuaries and to educate. You can learn all about it here https://ukwct.org.uk
Here are some pictures of the wolves:
The trust is only open to the public on Wednesdays, and so we braved the pouring rain and went to visit. The volunteers were passionate, enthusiastic and knowledgeable. There was also a special guests visiting, reptiles of all sorts. Will post pictures of our brave girls and their big cousins who held and petted all sorts of interesting creations. Katherine was even brave enough to hold the tarantula!
Wolves are stereotyped as being predatory - think the Big Bad Wolf in fairy tales - or symbolic of unspoiled wilderness. They were hunted to extinction in Great Britain centuries ago, but there are places like the UK Wolf Conservation Trust that work to have sanctuaries and to educate. You can learn all about it here https://ukwct.org.uk
Here are some pictures of the wolves:
The trust is only open to the public on Wednesdays, and so we braved the pouring rain and went to visit. The volunteers were passionate, enthusiastic and knowledgeable. There was also a special guests visiting, reptiles of all sorts. Will post pictures of our brave girls and their big cousins who held and petted all sorts of interesting creations. Katherine was even brave enough to hold the tarantula!
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