Does the sanctuary support the breeding of wolf-dogs?
No, nor does the sanctuary breed the animals. While there are many loving, responsible wolf-dog owners, too many of the animals wind up deserted and abused. Wolf-dogs are high-maintenance pets and require special care and attention. Like many “exotic” pets, too many people get the animals only to discover they are “too much work”. That is one of the reasons we are so selective in our adoption process. • Why keep the animals in pens? Wouldn’t they be happier roaming free? We pen them for their own safety. Allowed to roam freely, the animals would fight with each other. Like their full-blooded wolf ancestors, wolf-dogs are pack animals and strive for the pack hierarchy. In each pack there can be only one Alpha male and only one Alpha female. They achieve this status by fighting for it. Unfortunately, unlike pure-blooded wolves, wolf-dogs will fight to injure and kill. The normal pack size is 8-10 wolves. With 80 to 100 (the normal population at the sanctuary), the numbers just do not wor
