2003 & 2004

Tok, Mofassa & Ahkia

In the spring of 2003 we were alerted to a situation in Indiana. A woman had purposefully bred a brother and sister pair of high content arctic wolfdogs. Puppies were due any minute and she had failed to arrange for homes for the litter. With few prospects the breeder turned to Jill Moore-Porter, a nearby rescuer for help in placing the puppies. By the time the puppies were born Jill had successfully lined up placement for the pups. We were one of the placements.

As soon as they were born arrangements were made for us to travel to Indiana to pick up the pup. It was decided that we would arrive the day the pups were to be pulled from the mother to insure that he had every chance at a good start in life and excellent socialization.

We arrived a few minutes after the pups were pulled and found the four of them nestled together in a pile of straw in an old wheelbarrow in the barn. We found no conformity in the litter and oddly enough two of the puppies were a piebald coloration. The inbreeding may be the cause for the odd coloration or there may very well be a piebald husky in the pedigree. All attempts at tracing the lineage have run into roadblocks so we will likely never know.

The story of the North American Wolf Association (NAWA) has been told and retold over the years. Yet we still receive dozens of calls, letters and emails each year wanting to know what happened, and if the animals are safe.  Most of us that were heavily involved in the situation in Conroe, Texas would much rather put the entire rescue in the recesses of our memories.  However, the events are still clearly etched in our minds eye. Rather than re-tell the story time and time again I would like to share with you a different story. Not a story of the feuding over the dogs, money, prestige, power and notoriety that went on for well over a year, but one of new beginnings. A story about a new life for a group of animals.

Our part in the rescue began in late January, 2003 after a number of individuals had spent months investigating the NAWA organization and its director, Rae “Evening Earth” Ott. During this same period we are told that almost half of the NAWA resident animals had died horrible, lingering deaths due to complications of distemper.  Ms. Ott lost possession of the “wolves” housed at the NAWA “Rez” for failure to pay the rent. The property owner evicted Ott and the custodial care of the animals was transferred to Sam Lone Wolf. Ms. Ott was given 60 days to make full restitution and her animals would be returned to her. Restitution was never made and in time the animals were signed over to several parties including W.O.L.F. who later signed the remaining 8 animals over to us.

2008-9

For a number of years a woman near Guffey, Colorado quietly rescued wolfdogs that many felt were not adoptable due to poor socialization and shyness. Each animal that came to Timber's Pack was provided with a loving home. It was supposed to be a permanent, loving home.

On December 17, 2008 we received an email asking for urgent help. Timber's Pack was in a dire situation. Raquel, the owner of Timber's Pack said she had reached the most dreadful point in her life. Her husband had left her with a young baby; she had no money and was on the verge of loosing everything. She had also been cited by her county for exceeding the limit of canines allowed on the property without a special use permit and she couldn't afford the permit. We were given a deadline of December 28th to find homes for 10 wolfdogs and one Newfoundland.