I imagine wolves, up north somewhere eking out an existence from whatever they can find. A lonely life. I don’t think of wolves in Florida and yet there used to be the Red Wolf running wild in the American southeast.
Now we can find them in a wolf preserve, but at least we can find them.
Wolves fascinate people. They are beautiful, intelligent, and dangerous. Folklore abounds with sayings, stories, and poetry about wolves. For example, the Russian saying,”
No matter how much you feed a wolf, he will always return to the forest.
Russian Proverb
Meaning, that even though you see wolves running around a preserve acting like they are big, soft, furry dogs, remember they are not. They are wild animals, not domesticated. They can tug that interesting backpack with the shiny button right off your child’s back in a flash and maybe the boy falls down. You rush toward your child and the wolf immediately gets defensive and bares his teeth. Now you have a real mess. This is why, if you look closely at the pictures in this blog, you will see a human being in constant contact with the wolf. He is keeping him distracted with snacks for a reason.
Change of Policy
Maureen was only seven when we went to the Seacrest Wolf Preserve. Now if you look on their website you will see that children must be at least 10 years old. I don’t know what happened to make them change their policy. However, whatever is best for the wolves and safest for the humans is the main thing.
The first time we came here was on a whim. We were coming back from Amelia Island and thought we would drop by. Unfortunately, it was closed. But, the wolves were there and called out to us. What could we do? We wanted to jump over the fence and join them. Unfortunately, we had to leave and come back some other time.
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