![]() “ From Wolfdog Rescue Resources
It has now been almost a year since the rescue of the “ “On The charges filed against the owner are as follows: "The above named defendant was in possession of 14 adult wolf dogs and 2 pups, as specified in the Maryland Criminal Law Annotated Copy 2006 Edition, specifies on page 10-621 section (B) Prohibited- A person may not import into the state, offer for sale, trade, barter, posses, breed, or exchange a live: (6) hybrid of a member of the wolf family and a domestic dog." The owner ran an ad in our local paper which read as follows:"Hybrid Malamutes for sale $200.00". Upon judgement the owner was found guilty of the above charges. Since all woofers were placed the only thing we asked for was reimbursed for our board and extra food and care for the woofers. The judge ordered the owner to pay $2103.00 to A call was placed by Defenders of Wildlife to Ken Collings of Wolfdog Rescue Resources, Inc. for help in placing the 16 confiscated animals, 14 adults and two 3 month old pups. The shelter would keep them as long as they could, but if no help could be found, the dogs would have to be euthanized. The shelter is small, and sixteen of these large animals brought it close to capacity. This ominous prospect looming the shelter staff, who were getting more attached to these woofers by the day, did what they could to buy them as much time as possible. With the rescues and sanctuaries overflowing, placing 16 at once was a daunting task, further complicated by the fact that very few of these animals had been socialized. WRR posted an appeal for help on yahoo group Wolfdogadoption, but responses were disappointing as a result of the influx of rescues. One pup was placed, as well as one of the adult females. A This collective effort on the parts of a large group of people, many of whom had never met is what saved the lives of the “ Handsome and Alley (who was the pet of the shelter) were flown to Spindletop Rescue in TX; Cinnamon, Mocha, Whiteface, Pee Wee, Jr and Mascara all went to Howling Woods Farm thanks to the tireless efforts of Mike Hodanish. Eventually Pee Wee, Jr and Mascara went on to adoptive homes and Cinnamon, Mocha, and Whiteface made their way in the long car ride to Loki Clan. Cherokee, Wooly, Nahmi and Lobo all were adopted. One pup was adopted and flown to FL, the other pup was adopted by the New Jersey WRR member, who is also fostering Saige and Angel (and previously Wooly). Thankfully, this story has a happy ending….but…it could just as easily have gone the other way. The court case against the breeder was resolved as detailed above, but with no mention of cruelty charges, or restitution to the rescues, fosters and adoptive homes who are caring for these animals. UPDATE: Jr. & Peewee, renamed Casey and Stella, are now living with a young married couple, a teacher and a nurse, on a farm in northern New Jersey. They stay in touch frequently and report that Casey and Stella are doing well. Lobo is happy in his home in Handsome aka Handy and Alley are doing wonderfully and actually are residing at Spindletop Rescue in Whiteface, Mocha and Cinnamon are now rehomed at the Loki Clan Wolf Refuge in Foxy (now Spirit) is happy in her southern NJ home, as are Saige and Angel. Saige is now making great progress with his socialization skills getting obedience and agility training, generously donated by a local K-9 trainer…with possible progression to SAR. It’s looking like these two fosters aren’t going anywhere soon!! Wooly and Cherokee are both happy in their respective adoptive homes and new companion animals. Both are house dogs now, and while Wooly had a little harder time adjusting to indoor life, it was nothing that a few hot dogs wouldn’t cure!! Mascara is living on a two acre estate in East Rutherford, NJ, where she shares an enclosure with two wolfdogs and two pitbulls. They are living with a young married couple...the husband runs a restaurant and is a councilman for An update on the other pup, Roxy, was unavailable.
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