Colorado Wolf and Wildlife Center July 2015 newsletter

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Nevada got greedy and decided he wanted Lika’s frozen mouse, and his too!

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Micah being goofy

CWWC Job Opening - Permanent Part-Time Position

tour guide and merchandise inventory an experience like no other!

Must have to be considered: · Have a car/valid DL and your own health insurance. Also you must be at least 21 years of age. A background check will be performed if hired. · Able to work on Thursday-Friday and Saturdays. Our summer hours can be long so expect to be here for a minimum of 8 hours. This job is paid by the day and not hours. We start promptly at 7:30 am so you must be a morning person. · You must have a passion for animals - both wildlife and domestic. · No drug, alcohol or smoking addictions.

Blue Flax

Na’Vi photo bombing the flower pic

· You must not be pregnant, or have any limitations that would prevent you from going into a wolf enclosure or performing chores around the Center. · Must be organized and have skills that enable you to multi-task under stress at times - especially in summer. · Must have sales background or inventory experience. · Must be able to learn quickly and give educational tours.

You will be on a month by month probation period for 3 months.

If you are a candidate, you must have taken a tour first, and you will be expected to work 2 days to see if you are a good fit for our organization. If you are not hired, you will be compensated for your gas expense.

There are many perks to this job. The pay may not be comparable to other jobs, but we can bet they don’t have the same atmosphere as our Center.

Columbine

If interested, please fill out the application on at website - wolfeducation.org and email to tours@wolfeducation.org. THANK YOU!

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Full Moon Tours

Tour lasts approx. 1 hour.

One Saturday night a month!

Full Moon Feeding Tours Combines our FEEDING TOUR with our FULL MOON TOUR. The Friday before and Sunday after our regular Full Moon Tours. Free snacks and beverages plus a traditional group wolf howl will be performed at the end of the tour.

Our Fight for Wolves and Wildlife

Visit our website wolfeducation.org for more information, dates and times. All special events,full moon tours and full moon feeding tours are pre-pay.

Reservation required!

719.687.9742

UPCOMING SPECIAL EVENTS: OCTOBER 31st : Howl-O-Ween Event

CWWC has started an educational, emotional and powerful campaign with Fox 21 news through August.

The teaser topic is Endangered and Misunderstood. check out the first video at http://youtu.be/ gi7MF_eOiHs

NOVEMBER 26th : Thanksgiving Turkey Toss DECEMBER 20th : Winter Wonderland

· Feds Betray Red Wolf · A message from Kierán Suckling- Executive Director Center for Biological Diversity

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’ve been expecting the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to buckle under political pressure in deciding the fate of the Southeast’s red wolves, but their decision is even worse than I expected: The agency is abandoning wolf reintroduction and possibly the recovery program itself.

Wolves will not be released back to the wild because the agency says it must review the recovery program first, but it refuses to say when or whether they will ever be freed again. In the meantime, the Service eliminated the federal recovery coordinator’s job and is authorizing more shooting of the few wolves left: Recently the agency allowed a nursing female wolf to be gunned down. Her pups will surely die without her.

The Center for Biological Diversity won’t stand by while red wolves are killed and the entire recovery program is put on indefinite hold. Our lawyers, scientists and activists are going to fight to reverse this decision. Please help by donating to our Predator Defense Fund today.

Suspending recovery while allowing killing makes no sense since the agency review is already complete. An independent expert panel issued its report in 2014 calling for more wolves and a larger, more aggressive recovery program. Rather than implement the report, the agency announced that it will do its own internal review, and you can imagine what that will look like. Meanwhile, the guns will keep blazing. Only conservation has been put on hold, not wolf shooting.

The Center has been successfully fighting for wolves for 25 years, but I’ve never seen such a cynical effort to abandon recovery of an endangered species. With your help, though, we can save the red wolf from this political nightmare.

Please donate as generously as you can to our special Predator Defense Fund.

Thank you for your continued support.

IN THE NEWS Bubonic Plague Found In Squirrels

CWWC wants to thank Tanner Coy and Tweeds Fine Furnishings for the continued support of the center.

240 East Highway 24 · Woodland Park CO 80863 · 719.687.7373 · tweedsfurniture.com

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In Parfet Park In Jefferson County, CO Golden - Jefferson County Public Health confirmed that squirrels in Parfet Park in Golden, CO have tested positive for bubonic plague. Plague, a highly infectious bacterial disease carried by various types of wild rodents, is transmitted primarily by flea bites, although officials said the risk of county residents contracting it is “extremely low.” “We want people to be aware that summer marks the beginning of the plague season, and just a few simple precautions will further reduce that risk,” said Jefferson County Public Health director Dr. Mark Johnson. Postings being placed around the area of the Parfet Park remind citizens to take simple precautions to avoid exposure.

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Flooding At Indiana Coyote Rescue Center!

ICRC is in need of your help. Due to the recent weather of endless rains, ICRC has experienced flooding that we desperately need everyone’s help to get through!

While the house and majority of enclosures have been mostly unaffected, we have 2 enclosures that have been experiencing daily flooding. We at ICRC, take the care of our animals very seriously. While they have some dry areas, we cannot allow standing water to accumulate in the enclosures. Each day, we have been out first thing in the morning to bucket water out of these 2 enclosures, lay filler rock to help mitigate the issue, and lay straw.

Unfortunately, the water table is just too high, the ground too saturated, and with every rain, flooding again.

To permanently fix this issue, we have been informed that we need to install an underground yard drainage system in 2 areas on the property that are located on low flood planes. We have been quoted an estimate of 3,000 dollars to install this system. With extensive research, we are fully intending to take this project on ourselves to cut costs, but it will still take approximately 1500 dollars to acquire all necessary supplies. Please, if you cannot afford a small donation, share this with any like minded individuals who may be able to assist us in providing better care for our coyotes. Thank you all for your support!! To donate, you can visit our website at www.coyoterescue.org to set up a payment via paypal through our donate button. Or you can mail a check to: ICRC · P.O Box 275 · Burlington, IN 46915

4th of July Full Moon Tour

Lots and Lots of Rain This Year at CWWC!!!

Kindest Regards to All, Jami Hammer - President, ICRC

IN THE NEWS

Denver Zoo Welcomes Female Sloth Charlotte Greenie

The Denver Zoo is welcoming a 19-year-old 2-toed sloth named Charlotte Greenie to the Mile High city.

The female joined the zoo’s resident sloth, 24-yearold Elliot, after being moved in June from Cleveland Metroparks Zoo. “She greatly enjoys sleeping, of course, and loves eating fruit,” the zoo said in a news release. “Charlotte was introduced to male Elliot on July 13, and the two are getting along wonderfully. they spend time together, perched in the trees inside Bird World, and even sleep next to each other.” The

release says zoo staff members are “keeping their fingers crossed” for sloth babies. The zoo says Linnaeus’ 2-toed sloths are an arboreal and nocturnal species native to Central and South America, including Guyana, Venezuela, Brazil, Ecuador and Peru. Two-toed sloths weigh 10 to 20 pounds and reach nearly 30 inches long, the zoo said. “They feed on leaves and fruits and tend to live solitary lives.

Although they spend most of their time in trees, sloths are also known to be very good swimmers.”

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Film Covers the Many Dangers of the Cheap Meat Industry

ADOPT US FROM TCRAS the no-kill shelter

in Divide, CO 719.686.7707 · tcrascolorado.com

By Dr. Mercola

For several decades, Americans have enjoyed paying low prices for meat at the grocery store. Unfortunately, many are unaware of the hidden costs of “cheap meat”—and when you add them up, they are substantial.

The manner in which most commercial livestock is raised is wasteful of precious resources and destructive to the environment, in some ways irreparably. In addition to the broader ecosystem, people and wildlife have been paying dearly with their health.

The documentary “Meat of the Matter” traces the trail of destruction left by the commercial meat industry.

On the brighter side, a new breed of ranchers is leading the meat revolution by returning to traditional styles of animal husbandry, farming in a manner that actually supports and restores the earth as opposed to recklessly using it up.

The US Meat Racket Most meat in the US (beef, pork, chicken, turkey, etc.) is raised in confined animal feeding operations, or CAFOs. It’s a corporate-controlled system characterized by large-scale, centralized, low profit-margin production, processing and distribution systems.

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Food production has been built around efficiency—producing more for less. Worldwide, tens of billions of animals are crammed into feedlots, where they’re tortured by unhealthy, unsanitary, and cruel conditions.

This is the “cheapest” way to raise meat, for the largest profits.

Making matters worse, the government subsidizes these operations, shrewdly fleecing American taxpayers in order to keep the meat monopoly going.

Smaller American ranchers wishing to offer traditionally raised grass-fed meats, who care about quality and environmental impact, face higher operational costs and must charge a premium for their product.

Most of the grass-fed beef sold in the US—as much as 85 percent—is actually imported from Australia and New Zealand because those countries still have plentiful grasslands, as well as a climate that permits year-round grazing. As a result, Australian ranchers can sell their meat for less than American ranchers.

IN NEED OF HOME

Back in 2011 we got a wolf hybrid from Oklahoma. He was born 03/14/2011. His name is Skywalker. We had him here in Colorado since he was 6 weeks old. Today we are facing the need to relocate to another state, and we need to find a home for Sky as we will not be able to take him with us because we will not have the space to let him run, and enjoy his life safely. Sky is an adorable wolf, he is sweet, very smart, and mellow, and very strong.

This is a very difficult time for us to let him go as we love him dearly, and this is why we need to make sure he goes to a safe place.

Best regards, Alfred and Ana Cernuto 352-459-3591 · 772-828-1478 COLORADO WOLF AND WILDLIFE CENTER

AGE: 3 y 1 m 9 d SEX: Female/Spayed Black/White Domestic Longhair/Mix

AGE: 2 y 0 m 16 d SEX: Male/Neutered Golden Belgian Malinois/Mix

Hey I’m Annabell and I need a home! I’m a sweet kitty hoping to get adopted soon and I think you should take me home! How about it? I’m a fun girl to have around and I would be a good friend if you give me a chance.

Check in on me at the shelter and I’ll see if I can fit you into my schedule.

I’m a handsome boy with a lot of energy and life! I love meeting new people and getting exercise and learning new things. I know a few basic commands, so it would be cool if I could go to a house that has someone willing to work with me and help me continue learning. Come on by and meet me sometime! I’m sure you’ll fall in love!

Check out the many dogs in need of homes from SLV Animal Welfare Society at slvaws.org SLV Animal Welfare Society slvaws.org · 719.587.woof (9663) Non-Profit Shelter Monetary Donations Always Needed

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Gardening Thoughts

by Katie Geist

Native Plants Walking through the grounds at CWWC this summer has been extra special. The planted garden beds are thriving and require very little work except for the occasional weeding and pruning. We haven’t had to drag the long hoses out to water the beds because almost every day has brought us some rain since May. After several years of drought it has been a pleasure to let Mother Nature water the beds, especially the ones way down the trail.

It is our wild native plants and flowers that have made me the happiest this year as a gardener.

We have bought and spread wildflower seed in the past with limited success. This year our native flowers have spread out and are in full bloom. Native penstemon, blue flax, and rocky mountain columbine have added interest and beauty in front of and in our wolf enclosures.

And they require little or no attention since they grow here naturally.

I was taking pictures one morning of some blue flax in one of the enclosures, and Na’vi photo bombed my pictures – not surprising. He was quite handsome in the bright blue flowers.

I recommend learning to love native plants that grow in your area rather than try to plant high maintenance flowers and shrubs that are meant for a different climate. I love what grow wild in the high country of Colorado, and have easily given up plants that grow in low elevations, humid climates or acidic soils.

Please contact your local nurseries or county extension offices to find out more about native plants in your area.

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