Indigo

sex: male
born: 22 May 2001
birth place: Indiana
champions: Thom Whaley

Almost every animal at Wolf has had a champion,  someone who connected with them and their plight. A special person who went the distance to find them a home at Wolf .

given sanctuary: 02 June 2002

Indigo's Story

Indigo is one of seven siblings rescued by Thom Whaley. Thom runs a small rescue in Florida.

The owner of Indigo's parents worked for the Forest Service and lived on State Forest land in Indiana. The birth of Indigo's litter violated some sort of State law and officials were threatening to confiscate and kill the entire litter. The owner's put out an emergency plea for help. Nothing happened. Thom, eventually heard the final attempts and although couldn't believe that there wasn't someone closer that could help, he made the trip and rescued the entire litter who were approximately 7 weeks old then.

He was then challenged with trying to place the seven high-percentage pups. Thom does not place animals lightly. He is very comprehensive in his attempts to make sure that they go to qualified locations. Therefore, at the end of a year he still had two of the pups who had not been placed. This is when Wolf found out about Indigo and the fit seemed ideal.

Cheryl Budler and Steve Wolfsong left Wolf for Florida on Friday evening, loaded with darting equipment a kennel and everything else they would need to accomplish transporting Indigo from Florida to Colorado. Because Indigo would be stressed from the move, it would need to be a quick trip.

All went well in Florida and Cheryl and Steve made it back to Colorado on Monday. The Great Spirit watches over us and this trip was no exception. Four blocks from where Steve works as a master mechanic in Denver, the truck broke down. This is not really surprising as all of the Wolf vehicles are well past their prime. In this case it was the alternator. After emergency repairs, they continued their trip to Wolf.

Indigo was placed in the isolation run for a few days to be sure he was healthy and to give him a chance to adjust to his new surroundings. After two attempts Indigo was placed with Spirit and they have bonded very well. Spirit, as we knew he would, accepted the young male and has been teaching him how to behave like a wolf. It is truly wonderful to see them together, running and playing.

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