Shy Wolf Sanctuary

Last Friday I went to Shy Wolf Sanctuary to earn some of my service learning hours. I went with a group of friends and we were given a tour. The sanctuary is in the backyard of this woman's home, Nancy Smith, who worked with animals that were either abused by their owners or no longer wanted. One day she was given one of the animals and from then on she kept taking them in. She has a couple of acres of land and has devised living habitats for the wolves and other animals she houses while still leaving a path for others to walk and observe the beautiful animals. Along with multiple species of wolves she also how three different types of foxes, rabbits, prairie dogs, and two Florida panthers. We did not do much on our first day there because we were inexperienced and these wild animals we are dealing with. After the tour me and two others helped fix a pot hole that had formed in one of the cages. We were able to sit and pet some of the wolves but they are more afraid of us then we are of them which I was surprised by. That was the extent of our visit but I will be returning on Friday to enjoy some more of dancing with wolves.