Month: April 2013

Dear Friends, Late yesterday afternoon we learned that the Wolf Conservation Center will not be welcoming a new Ambassador pup this spring. Due to unanticipated circumstances, the breeding facility is unwilling to relinquish any pups born this season. Although we’re terribly disappointed, our resolve to provide science-based education programming with Ambassador wolves remains strong.  Ambassador…

It’s birthday season for wolves in North America so over the coming weeks we’ll have a lot of celebrating to do!  Today we honor a special litter of lobos: Happy B’Earth Day Mexican wolves M1139, M1140, M1141, F1143, F1144, and F1145!On April 22, 2008, Mexican wolf F613 gave birth to 3 boys and 3 girls. …

It’s hard to believe that the pair we used to refer to as the “diminutive duo” are turning two years old today! An inspiration from their adorable start, the stunning siblings continue to thrive in their “Ambassador” roles. By providing science-based education programming with our Ambassador pack, we improve our efforts to successfully restore endangered…

Stung by charges of animal abuse, Wildlife Services, a branch of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, has adopted new guidelines for how its employees are to handle dogs in the field. This move comes after very disturbing photos surfaced on the web last November showing an agent’s hunting dogs attacking a helpless coyote caught in…

t is with great sadness that we share the news of the death of a special wolf that many of us “knew.” Mexican Gray Wolf F837 passed away earlier today.  We won’t know the cause of her death until a necropsy is performed. The Wolf Conservation Center (WCC) was first introduced to F837 in November…

With just 687 wolves in Michigan and more than 50 years spent to recover them, the  Wolf Conservation Center (WCC) believes we need to keep Michigan wolves protected. The WCC is among the 119 other organizations across the country that endorsed an advocacy movement sparked by the great folks from Keep Michigan’s Wolves Protected to…

 Alawa leans in.

WCC’s Maggie Howell talks wolves, coexistence, predator friendly products, and the family of advocacy organizations working on behalf of our favorite misunderstood predator on Public Radio 88.3 WPPB – FM. Listen here (interview starts about 1/3 into the program)