Wolf and wolf-dog sanctuaries and rescue-centers...

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PariahPoet wrote:I'd also think that putting your official enclosure in the back and off the tour route so people would also not notice if you were missing.
Either that or give his enclosure a den/box/thingy and cleverly angle it so that nobody can see into it from behind the fences. I remember a show about a guy working with wolves in the wild demonstrating that wolves won't come when called, so a tour guide could theoretically go by the empty enclosure, call to the tenant who is supposed to be inside the den, and explain away his lack of an appearance as the wolf simply being shy, stubborn and/or a heavy sleeper.

Also. . . I hope I'm not beating a dead horse or anything, but there's a world of difference between: "I like werewolves" and "I am a werewolf." The latter is a pretty heavy statement that absolutely nobody should ever be expected to take in stride. There are people out there who could, but what are the odds of a bunch of those people and absolutely no "normies" all working at the same conveniently nearby wolf sanctuary?

I'm not saying it's impossible. Just that if a werewolf was smart enough and cautious enough to know how to live undetected before he had to go feral, the odds of such should be further than he should be willing to leap.
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Well, you'd certainly have to be careful who you talk to. But most of the norms are transient at those type of places, so I wouldn't think it would be too hard out keep them out of the know. ^^
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If the place had a stuck up person working at it. I'd wait for him to take a nap. I'd leave him a present in his shoe. :lol:
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Grey wrote:If the place had a stuck up person working at it. I'd wait for him to take a nap. I'd leave him a present in his shoe. :lol:
Oh I'm sure a lot of us would think about doing something like that, but how many of us actually would? Remember, you're a wolf; you're not supposed to know or care if someone qualifies as being stuck up, rude, annoying, etc.

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Actually, when Kent takes his ambassador wolves on tour in the wolf bus he has had similar things happen!

He told me that one time he had Raven in a school gym and she went right up to one kid and peed on him! After the presentation he apologized profusely but when the kids left, the teachers burst out laughing and told him that kid was the rottenest brat in the school! XD

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PariahPoet wrote:Actually, when Kent takes his ambassador wolves on tour in the wolf bus he has had similar things happen!

He told me that one time he had Raven in a school gym and she went right up to one kid and peed on him! After the presentation he apologized profusely but when the kids left, the teachers burst out laughing and told him that kid was the rottenest brat in the school! XD

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That is great, they know the bratty kids. :D
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" Right. So what your saying Dr Ross is that the new wolf in the enclosure managed to unlock the door to the enclosure, manage to operate the nob on the office door. Figure out which shoe's were yours, and take a dump in them."
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Grey wrote:" Right. So what your saying Dr Ross is that the new wolf in the enclosure managed to unlock the door to the enclosure, manage to operate the nob on the office door. Figure out which shoe's were yours, and take a dump in them."
It is typically the biggest brats, tools and/or A-holes that make the biggest deals out of everything. Everyone but that "rottenest brat" at the school was probably laughing hysterically, but said brat probably either went home to plot his revenge or has been nursing a grudge against wolves ever since. Ten years from now he could be one of those douche bags lobbying in favor of aerial wolf hunting.

I'm once again assuming that a werewolf who had previously been successful at living undetected in civilization will continue to act carefully while living a feral lifestyle. That said, typically the people who are rotten enough to warrant being peed on like that are usually also the ones who are petty enough that they would try to get revenge on an animal.

Really, if you were a feral werewolf in captivity, is that what you'd want? To not only see the same douche bag coming back to the sanctuary every day, but for him to try to feed you and the other wolves chocolate whenever he thinks nobody is looking?
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Ive never heard of a wolf ever stealing anything chocolate from a camp site. You have to remmber, thier smarter then domestic dogs. I heard a police department lost 4 dogs during a manhunt because he left chocolate on the trail. The dogs ate it right up without a second thought.

But I see your point.
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It's interesting that this topic came up...

I remember back in the mid 90's (1996 according to IMDB) there was a BBC mini-series which actually dealt with this question in a roundabout way. The end result was a Werewolf becoming feral and living out their days in a wildlife reserve. It was called Wilderness [Wilderness page at IMDB].

This was an intriguing remembrance and blast from the past for me, to remember that this is something that televised entertainment has dealt with. Luckily for the Werewolf, the nice lady at the wildlife sanctuary was very open-minded. Reality may not be quite as rosy, though. But the series might make an interesting reference base-point.

I really wish I had something more constructive to add than that, but I felt it should be mentioned.
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Well, if you ever get a transcript of the program, post it.
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Something that hasn't been mentioned yet are HUNTERS working at the sanctuary. up till now we were just talking about them being around. but if one was a speacialist on wolves and they just so happen to have a doctor friend, what would happen if they took a blood test on you (which in its self wouldn't harbor attention cause they always check) then sending it to said friend. if they were right, and if your dna was similar enough for them when they took wolf sample A and human sample B what could you do?

If it makes since that a were would go to a sanctuary, it also makes since that a hunter may try to to get a job there.
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Hi everyone! I'm finally back after my long absence. Did anyone miss me?

Ok, I've worked at WHAR wolf rescue for 2 years now, and I can say that I woudn't have any problem harboring a werewolf amidst the other wolves. Of course, I'm a huge werewolf fanatic (I'm posting here after all :P ) But on the whole I think members of wolf shelters would be more open to the idea. We know that wolves aren't monsters that are nothing but bloodthirsty but we also know how dangerous they can be when the line is crossed. I don't see why that wouldn't extend to werewolves as well.

Oh, and wolves are extreamly intellegent, so it wouldn't be to hard to mask human intellegence. They can open gates if they're not locked, can work doorhandles, open refrigorator doors, ext. We had a wolf a while ago that would let herself out, then let all the others out. While we were busy catching all of them, she'd slip off to the food storage and eat her fill. And wolves can easily pick up on any animosity or fear humans may harbor for them.

The only problem I can see if a wolf went ferral is feeding itself. Wolves that are raised domestically have near zero chance in the wild, so I doubt an untrained, spoiled city werewolf would have any success at hunting. And if they went to a wolf shelter, they'd get nothing but raw beef and kibble, day in and day out. After the wide variety of food available to a human, you're going to be sick of that stuff really fast.
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I guess I would hope I made myself welcome enough to be taken under the wing of one of the pack and taught how to behave. I hope I would also have some basic wolf senses to.

Though I wouldnt put it past were hunters to just simply blow up the whole pack to get at me. "Just a pack of dirty stinking wolves, who cares?"
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