Conference 7.286::canine

    If this animal was caught in the wild, and born in the wild
    I don't blame them..
    
    I wouldn't want a wolf-hybred type dog placed next door to me, 
    and with a background they are not sure of...
    
    This organization you speak of, what is it a wolf-hybred rescue
    league or is it a group that tries to crossbreed wolves and dogs
    and they just want to observe it under controled conditions, or is
    it some people who think it would be cool to have a wolf looking dog.
    
    I would think they would try and be sure the animal has a clean bill
    of health, and that it was living in a home NOT in the wild..
    
    I think it is a bad idea to introduce a wild animal to a standard
    home life...
    
    IMHO Tim

    Better yet, send mail directly to the Humane Society at hsne@juno.com.
    
    There is a legitimate organization (Loki Clan Wolf Refuge in Chatham)
    that is willing to adopt the animal if it is indeed part wolf. 
    According to the Telegraph today, the group filed a restraining order 
    (to be served today) to keep the animal from being euthanized before 
    it can be examined for wolf ancestry.
    
    If it is *not* part wolf, I hope that they give it a fair chance to be
    adopted out.

    Tim,
    
    Why do you need to jump to conclusions its going next door to
    someone?? It's a RESCUE organization.  & I'm sure no-one
    would ever get near a wolf born in the woods.
    
    Please write to me if you need me to explain this further.
    
    Thank you.
    Diane

    This animal does not need to die! If it is part wolf- let that
    be determined. Let him have a chance at life! I wrote to the 
    telegraph also....
    
    SueJ

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>    There is a legitimate organization (Loki Clan Wolf Refuge in Chatham)
>    that is willing to adopt the animal if it is indeed part wolf. 

	According to our local Humane Society, there is no valid test
	available to determine if a dog has wolf ancestry. Going by
	"looks" alone is, at best, a matter of guessing.

	Unless the breeder can be found (and can be trusted) there is no way
	to label a dog as "wolf-hybrid".

Jim

    I don't believe my mail is jumping to any conclusions. Considering
    all the information you had given us in your entry.. Read your entry
    again, you don't mention that the organization that wanted to adopt
    it was a RESCUE organization or some crazy vet that wants to do some 
    kind of behavioral (SP??) experiments on it..
    
    Your entry implies we should send mail to The Saturday Telegraph
    to stop what ever is going to happen without knowing more about
    the situation.. 
    
    No..I wouldn't want a dog/wolf hybrid living near me if they don't
    know about his or her background, if there is a question about the
    background of the animal I will always error on the safe side..
    
    As much as I don't like to hear about all the dogs that are abandon
    or put up for adoption, I know there is no way I/us will be able to 
    save them all..As for the RESCUE group Loki Clan Wolf, I think what
    they are doing (reply .2) with the restraining order is a waste of 
    the courts time, think about it if you were the judge.
     "Your honor sir, I want you to stop them from putting this half a
    dog and maybe half a wolf to sleep"
     "On what grounds" the judge says
     "Cause we should find out if it is half a wolf or not first, then 
    if it is not a wolf then we can put it back in the pound and put it
    back on the list to ..." lets waste more tax payers money on the 
    court for cases that are stupid.
    
    If it was a full breed wolf I would understand, but for a halfbreed, 
    sounds like to me that all they will do with it is to observe it, 
    not to bring it back to health and re-introduce it back to the wild, 
    Which I assume is the reason for the organization for in the first 
    place, not just to have them in a cage somewhere, all this dog/wolf
    would do is stay in the cage or be put to sleep once all the
    observations have been completed.. I'm no expert but what kind of 
    test are there that could tell you if it is part wolf on not..
    
    Too many questions for me....
    
    I'll be branded now as someone who doesn't care about animals, which
    is far from the truth, I have been known to trap a squirrel in my
    basement and to let him loose just to catch the same one week later.
    So I want wildlife around me, but I also don't go overboard. I have
    personally help place about 5-6 dogs from this notefile.
    
    I know people are out there who don't want any animal to be put down 
    or have any kind of scientific experiments done on them, but that is
    all that will happen to this half breed, once its purpose has ended.
    
    Tim
    
    

    
    Tim, I think you need to check out the following homepage... maybe this
    will better help you to understand:
    
    http://www.mv.com/ipusers/loki-wolves/
    
    
    There are sooo many organizations for sooooooo many different animals..
    Lions,tigers,bears-oh my....
    
    
    They deserve life... they are a big part of this world...
    
    
    SueJ
    
    PLEASE- let me know if you do not have access to the INTERNET... Ill
    post some things...
    
    

    Dogs have become "Mans best friend" because we domesticated it.  They
    were once "wild" too.
    
    Wolves, Coyotes, etc...could have been the first on our list to be our
    pets.
    
    	Jay

    Good news about Wolfy... he will live and go to an animal rescue
    organization....
    
    SueJ