August 19
Wolf Park – 2012 Pups
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This weekend, I visited my daughter at Purdue University.  Close to Purdue is Wolf Park in Battle Ground, Indiana. We first visited Wolf Park in October 2011.  I thought we’d visit once, it would be great and that would be it, but we have become Wolf Park fans.
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We went back on Saturday because Dharma, the pack’s alpha female had 6 puppies on April 6, 2012 and this weekend, they joined the main pack.
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Puppies at Wolf Park are taken out of the den when they are around 10 days old to undergo the socialization process. In order to fully socialize the puppies to humans, the pups have contact with humans 24 hours a day for the first 5 months or so of their lives, for a total of over 2,000 contact hours.Â
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“Puppy Mothers” live onsite to help raise the puppies. They work in shifts to provide 24-hour a day human contact. The puppies also get to spend time socializing with wolves once they about 6 weeks old, so they learn how to be part of a pack as well.
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You can learn more about Wolf Park by visiting their website or Facebook page.
It was a beautiful day…temperature in the 70s, blue sky, fluffy white clouds, people I love, good food and wolf pups.
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What beautiful animals… Deccy x
Magnificant animals and fantastic photos, thanks for sharing.
Lynne x
Very cool. I’ve always been looking for a reason to visit Indiana 🙂 Now I think I have one.
That sounds like a really interesting and fascinating place!
That is very interesting. I am surprised they want them to have human contact. I guess I need to read up on it. We have a center near home, but if I remember correctly, they want them to remain wild. I might be confused. LOL
Hi Patty…The pack at Wolf Park lives naturally but they are not wild. They are all socialized to humans and act as ambassadors to educate the public about wolves. For wolves to live in the wild, they need a range of at least 25 miles. Indiana is too populated and agricultural to support a wild wolf population. Wolf Park is on 7 acres of land. Since the wolves live in a pack, they can be studied. It is FASCINATING. I could talk on and on about the things I’ve learned from visiting. It’s especially interesting since I have the 3 pups because there are so many parallels.
I’ve heard about this place! Anything we can do to educate humans about wolves so we can more peacefully coexist, I’m all in favor.
Wow! They are such GAWJUSS animals! My mom and dad visited the Colorado Wolf and Wildlife Refuge a couple of years ago and really luved it. They said that it was amazing seeing them so up close and learning abouts them. Then at the end of the tour, everybuddy in the group howled and the wolves howled along with them. Mom said that was the very best part.
Wiggles & Wags,
Mayzie
That’s so cool!
Nola
What an amazing place! thanks for sharing! 🙂
That sounds like an amazing place.
Love and licks, Winnie