News, Spring 2001, page 2

Sponsors

For a number of years we have been receiving help from two corporations and we would like to take a little time to tell you about them.

The Wal-Mart Distribution Center in Loveland has consistently over the years supplied Wolf with many of the items we need to keep the rescue running. They have donated damaged items such as food for the animals as well as general supplies. In addition Wal-Mart has donated TV's and other items to our auctions. The employees of Wal-Mart have donated funds from their events and several employees of Wal-Mart volunteer at the sanctuary. When a Wal-Mart employee volunteers, the Wal-Mart Foundation makes a contribution to Wolf. Wolf thanks both the employees of Wal-Mart and the Wal-Mart Corporation.

The Pfizer Drug Company has helped Wolf in good times and bad. During the evacuation for the forest fire, Pfizer donated Domitor, (a tranquilizing agent) and Antisedan, a reversal agent. Domitor is by far our tranquilizing agent of choice. We have tried other drugs in the past but found that they don't work well or cause the wolves to hallucinate. In addition most of these drugs are not reversible. The donation of Domitor enabled us to move the animals more safely. During the past several years Pfizer has contributed several different types of antibiotics, Rimadyl (for our arthritic animals), Revolution (for ticks, fleas, heart worm and other parasites), Cestex (to rid our hunters of tape worms), Nemex and other drugs necessary to keep the wolves healthy. Over the years, Pfizer has saved Wolf thousands of dollars on medications enabling us to do more for the wolves. Wolf thanks Pfizer for the enormous amount of help they have provided.

Sharing the Spirit
Pat Wendland

Sometimes rescue and sanctuary work can take a toll on you, emotionally, mentally and physically. Two things bring me back from feeling I will never accomplish enough, that I never will be able to make a difference. One of course is the wolves themselves, the other is the children I have the honor of meeting while doing educational programs.

Recently after doing a program for Patti Fochi's third grade class at Wilmore Davis Elementary School in Wheatridge, I received an envelope in the mail. Enclosed were poems written as thank you notes by the children. As I started reading these poems the goose bumps began to raise on my arms. Then the tears came. The poems were so touching I had to read them to everyone who came through the door.

If only the adults would stop and listen to their children. I have room here to share only two of the poems. One is very sad and one expresses how these children feel about wolves, the wilderness and all wildlife. Remember these poems were written by third grade students. If it brings tears to your eyes or gives you goose bumps perhaps you will pass it on.

We will try to put more of these poems on the new web site in the near future.

I Cry

I cry when I hear the gun shots
From farmers
And they cry of wolves
They're beautiful animals
Who are not getting treated
The way they should
I feel my heart go down
Way down
When I hear the gun shots
It's like it's to me
And to my heart
The feeling does not feel good inside.

Sarah T. Gioso

Wolf

Your brothers
Their lives to you
So
You can live
Your howls
Are thankful cries of joy
When you
Run
You are really dancing
To the rhythm of life.

Zack Niezgochi

Future Events

Reiki II at Wolf - Second Degree Class is Saturday June 2nd. Receive instruction, a manual, attunement and a practitioner's certificate. Enjoy hands-on experience with the wolves. Space limited, contact Lorraine May, Reiki Master, @ 303-239-0382 for reservations.

Educational Program at the Collage Children's Museum in Boulder. Saturday June 16th, starts at 1:00 p.m. Contact Adie Rocchio @ 303-440-0053 for information.

Healing Weekend with Wolves/Summer Solstice Celebration at the S.A.E. Centers Mountain Retreat. Saturday, June 23rd and Sunday, June 24th. The wolves will be there on Sunday. Space is limited, Contact Lorraine May, Reiki Master/Teacher for reservations @ 303-239-0382.

3rd Benefit Concert Featuring Sunny Waters will be held in Old Town Square, Ft. Collins, June 30th. The Ambassador wolves will be present. The concert is free. Donations to Wolf will be accepted. For more information call Pat Wendland at 970-416- 9531.

Fourth of July Celebration City Park, Fort Collins. Call Pat Wendland for more information as July gets closer. 970-416-9531.

New West Fest In Fort Collins Old Town. Come celebrate with us! Saturday, August 18th from 9:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. Sunday August 19th from 9:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m.

New Web Site

Wolf is pleased to introduce our new Web Site and Domain. Frank will hopefully be updating the new site once a month. Emergency notices will be placed on the site as necessary. Also there are three new pages that will be added to the site as time allows.

First, a merchandise page showing all of the items we sell to raise funds. This page will have a shopping cart feature so items may be purchased over the net. We believe this site to be very important to our future as our County Commissioners will no longer allow us to conduct visits at the Wolf facility. This condition of course affects the rescue's income.

Second, a placement page where animals can be listed for adoption. We feel this is necessary because of the number of animals that we have to turn away on a yearly basis (over 650 in 2000). In addition, the number limit that Larimer County has placed on us prevents us from accepting any animals until we have fewer than 30. We hope this page will help save the lives of many more animals.

Third, we will be setting up a page for Members Only. This will be a fun page. All members will receive a password to get into this page.

We are additionally hoping to save money on our printing/mailing costs. Each of our newsletters will be published on the web site. We will then e-mail those individuals who have indicated that this method will suffice for their reception of sanctuary news. It also will allow those individuals to see the photos from the newsletter in color.

If you have access to the web and don't mind getting your news this way, please e-mail us with your address and let us know.

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