Need help building a wolf enclosure
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Dear family, friends, brothers and sisters… Two wolves urgently need our help.
Our good friend who is a marine veteran and professional dog trainer rescued two Timberwolves, a male and female. Currently they are housed in a 150 square foot dog kennel, this is not enough space. Our phase 1 goal is to build a 10,000+ square foot enclosure in the next 2-3 weeks, before the ground freezes here in the beautiful Colorado mountains.
We have several volunteers ready to help, including marines and locals.
We are looking for donations to purchase materials (wood posts and laterals, 300 bags of concrete, 1,000 feet of fencing, rebar, bolts, gates, etc.). The fence will be 10 – 12 feet tall. We estimate materials will cost approx. $8,000. Anything you can donate will be a huge help, thank you so much.
Back Story:
These wolves are pure wolf breed (no canine mix). And although they are given social time and exercise, they do need a larger enclosure.
Male Wolf: The male wolf was illegally bred in northern Colorado, by breeders who were trying to sell them as “Tamaskans” for profit (a wolf/canine mix). Our friends went to check them out and it was clear they were breeding Tiberwolves. Tamaskans are friendly and appropriate for family pets, but wolves require special care and handling and should not be bred for families. It was also apparent that the pup was not being handled correctly, making domestication even more difficult. Our friends rescued one pup, the other was sent to a wolf sanctuary, and the breeders were shut down and all their animals were rescued and rehomed. The pup had serious emotional issues due to his mishandling by the breeders, but is now much happier thanks to his new family.
Female Wolf: Sometime later our friends were contacted by a zoo in Kansas, regarding a female Timberwolf pup who had been rejected by the pack. She was smaller than the rest, alone, injured, and was not integrating with the pack. Her face was badly injured due to a conflict with another wolf, making it very difficult for her to eat. She needed a home and loving care, so our friends stepped up and took her in. They bottle fed her, as her face healed. They socialized her, and helped her to bond with the male. Eventually her jaw was strong enough to eat, she has adapted well to her disability and digs into meat with her partner with no issues. She is now strong and healthy.
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Courtney Hoppe
Organizer
Red Feather Lakes, CO