Visit the Wolf Conservation Center
Come meet the wolves! We do not allow drop-in visitors, so please sign up for one of our programs:
Summer Wolf Adventure
Give the animal lover in your family a chance to thrive among wolves all week long! The program runs Monday - Friday and is appropriate for children in grades 1-8.
Birthday Parties
Throw your birthday to the wolves! Guests will celebrate by creating "presents" for the WCC's Ambassador wolves and will learn about wolf behavior.
Private Programs
Schedule a Private Program for yourself or your group
Sleeping with Wolves
Camp out overnight with the 40+ wolves that call the WCC home! With wolves, vultures, and open skies, we're New York's version of Yellowstone!
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Latest News & Research
Feds Issue Mexican Wolf ‘Kill Order’
For Immediate Release, August 23, 2019 Contact: Michael Robinson, Center for Biological Diversity, (575) 313-7017,[email protected] Harwood, Lobos of the Southwest, [email protected] Anderson, Western Watersheds Project, (520) 623-1878,[email protected] Bahr, Sierra Club – Grand Canyon (Arizona) Chapter, (602) 999-5790,[email protected] Smith, WildEarth Guardians, (505) 395-6177, [email protected] Howell, Wolf Conservation Center, P: 914-763-2373; [email protected] Critically Endangered Wolf Targeted by…
Watermelon-Loving Wolves!
Wolves shed their insulating undercoats each spring to allow them to withstand the warmer summer weather, but sometimes shedding isn’t enough. We’re always trying to make sure that our ambassador wolves are comfortable we want them to have exciting and fun experiences too! We can accomplish both goals by providing the wolves with enrichment fun…
URGENT Action Needed – Stop the Senseless Killing of Washington’s Wolves
On August 16, a judge temporarily blocked the killing of the Old Profanity Territory (OPT) wolf family, but not before sharpshooters gunned down four of the five remaining wolves. Since July, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) has killed eight members of the OPT wolf family, including pups, in their effort to protect…
Wildlife Officials Rush to Gun Down Four More OPT Wolves Ahead of Court Order to Protect Them
A judge today temporarily blocked the killing of the Old Profanity Territory (OPT) wolf family, but not before sharpshooters this morning gunned down four of the five remaining wolves. Since July, wildlife officials killed eight members of the OPT wolf family in their effort to protect cows grazing on federal forest lands. Although it came…
WA Wildlife Officials Gun Down Wolf and Two Pups to Protect Cows on Public Lands
August 13, 2019 – Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) announced Tuesday that agency staff gunned down three wolves from the Old Profanity Territory (OPT) pack – an adult and two pups. The pups are estimated to have been four months old. According WDFW’s latest OPT pack update, their “lethal removal period is currently…
Berry-eating, fish-hunting, beaver-ambushing wolves?
Free Webinar: The Secret Lives of Wolves in the Northwoods It’s true! Join the Wolf Conservation Center for a free webinar with Tom Gable, project lead for the Voyageurs Wolf Project, about the elusive fish-hunting, berry-eating wolves of Voyageurs National Park in Minnesota! The Voyageurs Wolf Project was started to address one of the biggest…
Interior Unveils New Rules to Weaken Endangered Species Act
Today, U.S. Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt unveiled the Trump Administration’s final Endangered Species Act regulations — a series of disastrous regulatory changes best characterized as an “Extinction Plan”— that severely undermine the Act and make it easier for destructive corporations such as oil and gas and mining companies to push through their projects.…
Washington State Wildlife Officials Order Killing of Entire Wolf Family to Protect Cows
On Friday, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) Director Kelly Susewind issued a lethal removal order for the two remaining wolves of the Togo wolf family in response to depredation of cattle on grazing lands in the Kettle River range of Ferry County. Thus, in accordance with the agency’s controversial Wolf Plan and 2017 wolf-livestock interaction protocol,…
Imminent Hunting Season Threatens Denali Wolves
Wolves are always elusive, but results from a new survey in Denali National Park show that sightings have become significantly rarer in recent years, even close to nonexistent. Denali tour bus drivers who conducted the survey between April and July saw wolves just fifteen times over the seventy-five day period. Wolves in Alaska are not…
Wolf Pup Ambush
Playtime helps wolf pups develop skills they’ll require as adults. But is this playful Mexican gray wolf pup practicing the right kind of skills? To catch and surprise his littermate, the cunning 3-month-old is relying on his stealth and camouflage. Soon the pup will learn that contrary to ambush predators who rely on the element…