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Robert Semro and I have some fun and unique things
to share with you today. Today we pay a visit
to Team Jacob from the Twilight movies. As moviegoers geared
to side up with either Team Edward or Team Jacob,
we've decided to visit the real inspiration for the images
that have become Team Jacob, not to mention the wolf
images for many other movie and television wolves you've seen.
Before we start, let me share a few important and
fun wolf facts. There are two wolf species in North America,
the gray wolf and the red wolf. Wolves are highly
intelligent animals. A wolf's sense of smell is one hundred
times greater than a human's. The average length of a
wolf is five to six and a half feet. A
wolf's hearing is at least sixteen times sharper than a human's.
Wolves can hear a sound as far as six miles
away in the forest and ten miles away in open country.
The average rate for a wolf is sixty to one
hundred and seventy five pounds. The average life span of
a wolf is between eight and sixteen years. The number
of teeth the average wolf has is forty two. Some
wolves will travel up to twenty miles a day and
search for food, and they can travel at an average
sped of five miles an hour or travel in short
bursts as fast as thirty five miles an hour for
a short distance. Wolves have sophisticated communications systems that employ
sent marks, vocalizations, posturing, facial expressions, and rituals. Wolves not
only how, but also bark yap, wine, and growl. Wolves
how to advertise their presence or position, to greet one another,
to rally the pack, and to attract a mate. The
most common misperception of wolves is that they are bloodthirsty,
vicious killers who kill indiscriminately. As our first guest will
prove to you, that is wildly inaccurate. As she's told me,
wolves are shy and try to avoid humans when possible,
And I'll finish with this. Sorry movie thriller fans, The
truth is wolves do not howl at the moon. So
let's get started. Ooh, we didn't have to go to
Vancouver or Washington to visit the wolves from twilight. No,
we just needed to make an hour long trek east
of Los Angeles to an unforgettable place called Wolf Mountain Sanctuary.
Wolf Mountain Sanctuary is located in the Lucerne Valley of California.
It is a nonprofit educational organization that is dedicated to
the preservation, protection, and proper management of wolves in the
wild and in captivity. Their purpose is to save these
noble and great animals from extinction. The sanctuary serves as
a place for these animals that would otherwise faced euthanasia,
as well as a place for education. You can find
the founder, Tanya Littlewolf, and her volunteers at various events
and outings educating the public about these animals, often with
some of the wolves in attendance. Wolf Mountain Sanctuary is
unique in many wonderful ways, from the founder and leader
of the sanctuary, Tanya Little Wolf, to being one of
the few sanctuaries that allows human interaction with the wolves themselves.
It's an experience that will move you in many ways.
It's not uncommon to see a visitor receiving a wolf
kiss or rubbing of a wolf cheek, to be that
close and to be able to look into their eyes
and feel their penetrating looks is an experience that is
rear and should be treasured. We made the recent trip
out to the Wolf Mountain Sanctuary and leadness to say
we were moved by our experience. The sanctuary is home
to several breeds of wolves, including the Mountain Black, White,
Arctic Tundra Mackenzie Timber Alaskan Timber Alaskan gray, and a
few British Columbian Black wolves. As I mentioned, Wolf Mountain
Sanctuary allows the visitors to have an interaction with the wolves,
which is very unique. Upon arrival, we knew we were
in for a moving experience as you could hear some
of the wolves howling and communicating. It certainly sets the
mood for an experience that you won't soon forget. Tanya
and her family members are also welcoming and caring. They
are all happy to educate you about the wolves and
their interesting features and habits. The wolves are all in
separate areas for their own safety and care. It is
an interesting place that immediately draws you in as you
see the wolves eyeing you and watching you interact with
Tanya and the others. They are very aware of Tanya's
presence and command of the entire facility. The wolves can
be boisterous and compete for attention and their place in
the pack. It is just fascinating to watch them as
they go about their daily activities. And again, to be
able to be this close literally inches in some cases,
is incredible. Each of the wolves has a wonderful story,
and Tanya and the dedicated volunteers are happy to share
them with you. We spent some time with Ishcha Pusuta,
which means medicine eyes. He's a healer wolf and his
eyes change several different colors. We experience the eye color
change phenomena in person as Easta's eyes changed from gray
to blue, to green to yellow, then back to gray.
Is Istas while being more than one hundred and eighty
five pounds, moved with grace and was also very gentle
around Tanya and myself. ETAs and Yatu were combined together
digitally to create the wolf image that is Jacob from
the Twilight movies. The other wolves were also used to
create many of the other characters that you see in
the Twilight movie. Tanya also shared a few incredible stories
about Ishta and the other healer wolves that she has rescued.
She told us one story in particular that caught my attention.
It was about a husband and a wife who visited
the sanctuary. One of the healer wolves came over and
touched the man's stomach area with its nose. Not thinking
much about it, they moved on to visit another wolf
who is also considered by Tanya to be a healer wolf,
and that wolf also put its nose on the same spot.
The woman asked Tanya what it meant, and she suggested
that they visit a doctor and have that area looked at.
A few days later, after the visit, the wife convinced
the husband to visit the doctor and have that area
checked out. The doctor discovered the man had cancer in
that area, and they began immediate treatment. The man and
woman still visit the sanctuary regularly and believe in the
wolf's abilities. Tanya also shared with us the heartbreaking reality
of wolfs and wolf hybrids. She told us that the
sanctuary had received more than three hundred calls in just
the previous six months from people who had figured out
that they could not handle a wolf as a pet
or the wolf high hybrids that they had purchased as pets.
While it should be obvious that wolves are a wild
animal and should not be a pet, most people are
unaware that wolves cannot eat the dog food that you
find at a store. In fact, wolves must have lamb, chicken, rice,
red meat, apples, carrots, and potatoes almost daily. Additionally, they
must have rabbit as it is needed for their intestinal
and digestive tract Another note about hybrids that Tanya shared
was that wolves are shy and tend to avoid people
out in nature. When they are bred with dogs, that
shyness is often lost. If the hybridization produces an aggressive offspring,
it can be very dangerous. This can produce hybrids that
are more aggressive than pure wolves and more unpredictable than
domestic dogs. Tanya and the Wolf Mountain Sanctuary also work
with other animal organizations, including Saving America's Horses. The story
of what is happening to these majestic wild horses is horrified,
eying in tragic, and I would urge all of you
to look into it. The Wolf Mountain Sanctuary is open
to the public for visits with the wolves, though you
are urged to call ahead to make a reservation. The
Wolf Mountain Sanctuary also has many celebrity fans and visitors
as well, including Jada Pinkett Smith, Willow Smith, the Sons
of anarchycast, Michael Trevino from the hit show Vampire Diaries,
and many more. And while the attention they bring to
the sanctuary and the support they've given helps, the costs
to run the sanctuary continues to escalate. You can help
support their wonderful efforts by visiting the sanctuary and spending
some time with the wolves themselves, or you can visit
their website. The website address for Wolf Mountain Sanctuary is
Wolfmountain dot com. As always, you can find links and
more information about the Wolf Mountain Sanctuary at our website
animaltopiens dot com. Coming up next, we'll take a freedom
flight with an orange dog. Here about a hero rabbit.
I'll share proof that black back rhinos can indeed fly,
albeit upside down, and we'll give a quick woof for
a hot dog. So stay tuned. We'll be right back
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Speaker 2: Welcome back to Animaltopia on pet Life Radio. I'm your host,
Robert Simrow. Thank you for staying with us. Our next
story is about a wonderful person giving an extra effort
to save the lives of thousands of animals in a
unique way. Orange Dog Inc. Is a nonprofit organization. The
founder of the organization is Jan Folk. I sat down
with Jan in the photographer studios when she returned from
her latest freedom flight. What is a freedom flight, you ask,
It's what Jan in her organization have done now six times.
Each time, Jan and her organization have taken small breed
dogs from over crowded shelters in California, where rates of
euthanasia are extremely high, and flown those dogs to freedom
or salvation, in this case, to an adoption site in Canada.
The freedom flights were started in two thousand and nine
by Jan and Orange Dog Ink, which flies the shelter
dogs to their new forever homes in Edmonton. Alberta, Canada.
Jan had retired from a successful career in the insurance
industry and was inspired to help animals. She threw herself
into it by setting up an online store featuring dog products,
with one hundred percent of the purchases going toward the
animal charity efforts. After some encouragement from fellow Edmonton Humane
Society board members, she agreed to the first Freedom flight,
which would bring some small breed dogs up there for
an adoption event. The first flight had sixty five dogs,
and the reception and adoption success turned it into an
ongoing effort. The largest flight had one hundred and fourteen dogs, because,
as Jane admits, she just couldn't say no to any
of the dogs in need. Jan believes in this so
much that she financed the first five flights herself. Her
efforts are now also helped by corporate sponsors who are
happy and inspired to be a part of this wonderful effort.
She has typically done the flights around a special day
her birthday, Canadian Thanksgiving, Valentine's Day, and other holidays. As
Jan explained to us, the process is not easy, but
it is well worth it. It begins with Jan working
with a number of the Southern California agencies to identify
the dogs that will go on the next flight. The
agencies then go through to make sure the animals are healthy, socialized,
and prepared for the journey ahead. After a few months,
the day for the flight arrives. The dogs arrive at
the airport and are loaded onto the airplane, and while
you might expect chaos and a lot of barking, it's
quite the opposite. Jan and her volunteers have learned from
each flight and it is now a very calm and
quick transition from drop off to planeloading. Jan also feels
that part of the reason may be the animals are
calm on the flights because they know they are going
to be adopted and find their forever homes. When the
dogs dub the California Canine QTEs by the Canadian Press
arrive there is already a line up around the block
to adopt them. The adoption process takes about four hours
as the shelter takes great care to make sure that
the right people are found for these dogs. One of
the wonderful side benefits of this event is that the
dogs and cats at the shelters that are already there
are also seen by so many people. On this last
flight's event, twenty five large breed dogs from the Canadian
shelter were also adopted, as well as a number of cats.
So this event raises the awareness an opportunity for these
animals as well to find forever homes. And while these
abandoned animals all have sad stories, one of the saddest
aspects that Jan shared with me about this last group
is that about half of them were owner relinquished dogs.
That animals that had a home could not stay in
that home with the people they knew. With that in mind,
the efforts continue by Jan and her organization. In twenty ten,
Jan opened a restaurant in Huntington Beach, California called the
Orange Dog Bar and Grill that hosts many benefit events
for her charity efforts. Jan also worked with other animal
charities in their efforts, as she is truly an animal topian.
For more information on Jan ornge Doog, Inc. Orange Dog
Bar and Grill, or the Freedom Flights, you can visit
orangedog dot Ca. Again, that's orangedog dot Ca. Or you
can visit our website at animal topiens dot com for
more information here's a few stories forwarded to us by listeners,
and we really appreciate it. Don't forget You too, can
share your animal Toopian stories on our toll free Animal
Topia Share your Story hotline at eight five five two
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Five Animal. Topians we often read about a dog or
a cat saving an owner's, life but you almost never
hear or read about a heroic. Rabbit that is until.
Now in Catcha Can. Alaska this rabbit rescue went. Down
there was an early morning fire that broke out in a.
Residence the rabbit was apparently aware of the, fire so
it jumped on the homeowner's bed and began scratching the
woman's chest until she woke up realizing there was a.
Fire the homeowner and her daughter escaped to. Safety, sadly
the rabbit did. Not it had succumbed to smoke. Inhalation
another story sent to us via The Animal toopian Sharerier
story hotline may have many, people including, myself Saying i've seen.
Everything When i've seen a black rhinoceros fly especially when
they fly upside dow hanging by their. Ankles yet In
South africa you may just see that. Happening there is
an effort underway In South africa to help save and
relocate endangered black rhinos some one thousand miles. Away this
is being accomplished in an, unusual though experts say a safer.
Way after having been, sedated medically inspected and, secured the
rhinos are being transported hanging upside, down blindfolded and secured
by a. Helicopter they are being relocated from heavy poaching
areas to safer. Areas it's tragic that already more than
three hundred and forty one rhinos have been killed this.
Year this black rhino effort has been undertaken by The
World Wildlife fund and The South african local government agencies in.
Charge the rhinos are sedated and prepared for their less
than ten minute helicopter. Ride that is more gentle on
the rhinos than previous, efforts as it lessens the stress
on the animals with less time that the rhinos must
be kept asleep on, drugs and it also avoids the
often treacherous terrain transportation risks as. Well the results so
far have shown no ill effects on the. Rhinos The
World Wildlife fund says that the ankle airlifts are much
safer than the other methods of transports for rhinos in
these remote. Areas you, Know South africa has fewer than
two thousand black rhinos and there are fewer than five
thousand left across the entire. Continent so, far close to
one hundred and twenty black rhinos have been translocated in this.
Project kudos to those involved for all of their efforts
to protect this endangered species in coming up with new
and inventive ways and especially safeways to accomplish what may
have been thought impossible in the. PAST i want to
finish this episode with a note of congratulations to a
friend and a true animal Toopian Justin rudd and his
Organization Hot. Dogs That's Haute, dogs who put on an
incredible howl awen baraide and. Event recently they had more
than five hundred registered costumed dogs for the parade In Belmont,
shore a community In Long, Beach. California the hour long
parade features some of the most creative costumes and floats
for animals that you've ever. Seen this animal event is
a highlight for animal lovers and not to be missed
if you are in the Southern california area Around. Halloween
the event raised a lot of money for the animal
efforts that his Charity Community Action team does throughout the,
year with an emphasis on spay and neutering. Programs their
attempt to set a world record certainly drew, crowds and
while the final numbers have not been, Confirmed justin and
his volunteers succeeded in putting together another great event that
any animal topian can appreciate and be proud. Of keep
up the great, Work. Justin i'm looking forward to attending
any even better event next. Year do you have a
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