Transitional Habitat

 

To your left or to the east, is a transitional habitat. This space is utilized as an “introductory” area for newer rescues with unique situations. Think of this like a “condo” before the mansion of a large acreage habitat. Over the years, this habitat has been home to various young bear rescues, and more recently, a young tiger cub that was privately and illegally kept as a pet in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Even if in this area temporarily, each resident enjoys the spacious, amenity-filled environment - while also not being overwhelmed with too much space just yet.  

 

Kit Fox

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Just ahead and to the left is a smaller enclosure in which lives one of the Sanctuary’s smallest animals—a Kit Fox named Mack. He was one of many animals rescued from the former Cricket Hollow Zoo in Iowa. Fortunately, this terrible roadside zoo was forced to close in late 2019 because of the abuse and neglect its animals were subjected to. Mack is one of a number of Kit Fox here at the Sanctuary. There are many others that are not visible to the public located near the Tiger Roundhouse. They and Mack will be moving into a large habitat at the north end of the property once its construction is complete. In the meantime, please enjoy watching this handsome young animal go about his daily routine.

 

Wolves (East)

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Ahead on the left, you will see a couple of smaller enclosures in which live some Wolves that can rotate into the “rec room” just north of them. In the most eastern section are wolves saved a number of years ago as part of a group of 18 animals rescued from inside a mall in Iowa where a man had what he called a “wildlife education display” - but had animals locked inside cages for years on-end. The next habitat over are wolves from a now-closed rescue center near Los Angeles. Due to a number of setbacks at the facility, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife assumed care of all the facility’s animals.  Before that time, they had been rescued from a Minnesota fur farm in August 2018. Upon finding no other placement options for the Wolves, the Sanctuary was asked to provide forever homes for numerous animals. Naturally, the Sanctuary agreed so now all may live out their lives in natural habitats and never have to worry about where they will live ever again!

 

Wolves (West)

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Just ahead and to the right you will see a habitat that currently houses two Arctic Wolves. This brother and sister pair, named Ajack and Sijack, came from a drive-thru Safari Park in Montréal, Canada. This facility had many Wolves and a number of them were not getting along. Realizing it could not provide the best home for these two Wolves, the Sanctuary was approached about taking them in. The Sanctuary readily agreed and now this pair of beautiful Wolves enjoys a freedom never known before.

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