From very small beginnings the UK Wolf Conservation Trust was formed. Passionate about animals and after a visit to Alaska, Roger Palmer acquired his first, few days old, wolf cub. He and his wife kept wolves privately until they set up the Conservation Trust in the 90s, inspired by the late Dr Erich Klinghammer, a wolf biologist in Indiana.
The trust is dedicated to increasing public awareness, raising money for conservation projects and research worldwide as well as providing education programmes for all ages. The staff are very friendly, knowledgable and helpful. Some of the wolves have been hand reared, others socialized from a young age and are very calm and used to people.
So now to the wolves…
The staff throw in food so we can see the wolves’ natural behaviour. In this case a warning… don’t even think about it, this is mine…
Several opportunistic Red Kites were thinking about trying their luck but they didn’t get a look in, with the wolves keeping an eye on the kites’ movements.
The wolves also love to roll on scented pieces of sacking
And my favourite ❤
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Some of these are absolute beauties, Cathy. Why not send some to the Wolf place? Partic (from top) 1, 7, 9, 14, 15.
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Thanks, Terry. Yes, I might just do that.
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OMG, so many gorgeous pictures of wolves! I love this post, wolves are fascinating.
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They are so fascinating. It was a great day.
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Wow, that was a lovely surprise in my blog reader today. Amazing photos of an animal most never glimpse, to see it in person and get to photograph it, would’ve been great. Love the post, Cathy!
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Thanks, Suzanne. It was a privilege to see them close up.
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Amazing experience!
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What gorgeous photos of the wolves, Cathy.
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Thanks, Michelle. They’re so beautiful.
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Beautiful animals and not as huge as we imagine them from fairy tales!
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But certainly they do belong in our fairy tales. They are gorgeous, magical even.
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They really are :0
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I have often wondered if fairy tales grew to warn children and young maids about the dangers of predatory humans, with the innocent wolf getting the blame!
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I think that’s a fair assumption.
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Lol. Interesting idea… 🤔
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Definitely worth a visit 🙂
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Beautiful photographs Cathy and I am sure the Wolf Conservation Trust will be delighted with some copies for their gallery/facebook page :o) xxx
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Thank you, Xenia 🙂 xxx
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Absolutely beautiful animals
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Aren’t they, though!
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Thank you 🙂
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Wonderful photos, Cathy. A great promotion boost for them.
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Thanks, Judith 🙂
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Stunning! Beautiful photos, Cathy.
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Thanks, Shelley. They are gorgeous animals for sure.
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Lovely pics, thanks for sharing! Following your blog! We should fight to have these magnificent animals free and prospering in nature, where their place belongs!
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Thank you! Hopefully that time will eventually come but in the meantime places like this are doing a great job of raising awareness and educating people.
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