Living With Wolves
Here we'll post articles, videos and photos documenting our insights and experiences caring for wolves, wolf-dogs, and other wild canines rescued from the exotic pet trade at Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary, as well as poignant information about wolves and their importance in nature.
FEEDING 70 WOLVES ON CHRISTMAS
After giving and receiving gifts, nothing says “Christmas” quite like sitting down to a delicious feast with those you love. What will you be cooking up this holiday? At Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary, a refuge for wild canines rescued from the exotic pet trade, employees get into the spirit by serving up hundreds of pounds of raw meat to animals in need.
LIVING WITH WOLVES: THE JOY OF GIVING
“The more we are concerned about the happiness of others, the more we are building our own happiness at the same time.”
– The Dalai Lama, Daily Advice From The Heart
HOWL-O-WEEN AT WILD SPIRIT WOLF SANCTUARY
Halloween is a special holiday for many. For some, it’s even the most loved of the year! At Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary, a wildlife sanctuary in rural New Mexico, an annual Howl-O-Ween party marks this spooky October date. What better way to spend a Saturday around Halloween than with wolves in the crisp autumn high desert sunshine? Added bonus: each ticket directly supports the wolves and Wild Spirit’s mission of rescue, sanctuary and education.
Living With Wolves: A Day in the Life at Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary
We spent two beautiful years living and working at Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary, a wildlife sanctuary in rural New Mexico that rescues wolves, wolf-dogs, coyotes, Australian Dingoes, New Guinea Singing Dogs and foxes from the exotic pet trade. The sanctuary is open to visitors all year round and sees thousands of international guests annually. This post describes daily life at Wild Spirit.
Trapped: The Coyote's Remains
“The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.”
– Gandhi
Nature is not only ruthlessly beautiful, but unapologetically fierce, and so is the place where humans dwell with wolves. Living in the wilderness brings you infinitely closer to the wild and therefore your wildish self, because in nature the life cycle is ever present. Sometimes, it is brutal, other times breathtaking, awe-inspiring. In all of its facets, it is raw...
Embracing Wildness: Celebrating a Decade With Nikki & Maki
“Domestication is the system of control in the Dream of the Planet; it is the way we learn conditional love. Starting when we are very young, we are presented with either a reward or a punishment for adopting the beliefs and behaviors of others in the Dream. This system of reward and punishment, or domestication, is used to control our behavior. The result of domestication is that many of us give up who we really are in exchange for who we think we should be, and consequently we end up living a life that is not our own.”
– Don Miguel Ruiz Jr., The Mastery of Self
Honoring navar
“An invisible thread connects those who are destined to meet, regardless of time, place or circumstance.
The thread may stretch or tangle but it will never break.”
– Ancient Chinese Proverb
A Tribute to Brutus & Skye
“Life exists only at this very moment, and in this moment it is infinite and eternal.”
– Alan Watts
Nymeria - lessons on self-preservation and self-destruction
It was just before 8AM on a Sunday when I received a radio call that Nymeria, a member of Ghost Pack, a pack of four high-content wolf-dogs, had been in a fight and required attention. Nymeria was bloodied. The vast majority of the right side of her bottom lip was torn off, and her paws were bleeding...
Animal Presence - What The Animals Teach
“We don’t produce thought inside of our minds – thought exists independently of our minds. We attune ourselves to currents of thought that exist apart from us, and only receive them in our minds, as when we tune a radio to a particular station. Our mind is the radio and thoughts are the myriad ‘stations’ we can ‘tune into.’”
– Joseph Selbie & David Steinmetz, The Yugas