The Paths To The Enclosures
Get Cleared

Phase One - Emergency Help To The Animals

The Paths Inside The Enclosures
Get Cleared

Volunteers Get The Facility Shoveled

After getting ferried into the site by the Rocky Mountain Rescue Group , it was time to remove snow. If you have a moment, please drop them a note and thank them for an outstanding job ( contact@RockyMountainRescue.org ). A group of dedicated volunteers began shoveling, plowing, and blowing snow. Easier access to the enclosures needed to be achieved and buildup in the enclosures needed to be removed, so the animals would have easier access to their food and water.

We also purchased a snowmobile in order to allow volunteers to always have access to the facility, no matter what happens to the road.

It took two days of solid work to achieve this goal. Our sincere thanks go to:

Christina Kuroiwa, John Sackal, Steve Wolfsong, Rich Willard,
and Tom Bolton.

Phase Two - Make The Road Accessible By Car

Clearing The Road

We were blessed again to receive the help from a wonderful person, John Snyder, who went to work clearing the road to WideAwake. His front-end loader with a blower attachment started at 10 pm on Tuesday and continued through the night until 4 pm on Wednesday. He was able to clear the road well enough for 4x4 vehicle access to return to WideAwake. This dedication was significantly above and beyond. We are extremely grateful for his extreme efforts. Right now volunteers are again getting into WideAwake and getting the daily chores done.

If you would like the contact info for John and his services, please send us an email with your request.

Heavy Equipment May Still Be Needed

There are some serious concerns that additional storms may again fill the road with snow that has nowhere to be pushed. The piles along the sides of the road are still excessive and prevent plowing with a normal plow. The current storm luckily is not dumping mass quantities of snow, even though the temperature has dropped into the sub zeros and more snow is expected.

If anyone has or knows of individuals who might be able to help with the heavy equipment or might have some other ideas for clearing the large piles of snow, please call:

Frank or Pat Wendland
970-416-9531

Thank you to everyone who has already helped with this very expensive undertaking. We truly appreciate your concern for the wolves in our care.

Just In Time - A Medical Emergency

Love Girl Taken to the Hospital

Thursday afternoon one of our wonderful volunteers doing chores at WideAwake noticed a rear leg problem with Love Girl. She was knuckling her right foot. She was monitored until Friday when another of our volunteers, who is an MD, showed up for the daily chores and special medications. Her report was not good as the problem seemed to now be affecting both legs.

Love Girl was caught up, kenneled and transported to CSU Veterinary Teaching Hospital in Fort Collins. One of the cofounders met them there and exams were performed. It was originally feared that she might be exhibiting the same symptoms as Jack had.  This indeed was NOT the case, however I can't really say that the prognosis looks great either. 

The initial exams indicated that she is suffering from some sort of disc problem that is affecting her ability to walk correctly on her back legs.  This could be caused by some sort of injury or degeneration in the spine, a tumor or embolus from a disc.  Unlike Jack there does not appear to be any association with heart worm disease.