Behind the scenes in the lives of captive wolves view full piece »
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Image Chris Schneider
At the end of the day, Apollo trots in his enclosure at Mission: Wolf. The facility is well-regarded, accepting only wolves that would have otherwise been euthanized.
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Illiamna, an Arctic gray wolf, in an enclosure at Mission: Wolf near Westcliffe, Colo., home to 37 wolves and wolf-dogs.
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Image Matt Mills McKnight
Young wolves at the Wolf People compound in Cocolalla, Idaho, excitedly jump for their food as Michael Marzio enters an enclosure.
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Image Ceiridwen Terrill
Signs like this one at Wolf People help lure visitors into captive wolf facilities.
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Image Matt Mills McKnight
Two wolves jump at the gate to their enclosure at Wolf People in northern Idaho.
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Image Matt Mills McKnight
Visitors greet a captive wolf at Wolf People. Kent Weber of Mission: Wolf says that people often come away from such an encounter saying, "That was the most amazing experience of my life."
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Image Chris Schneider
Volunteer Adam Sievering with Abraham, a wolf-dog, at Mission Wolf.
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Image Ceiridwen Terrill
Wolf Haven International breeds Mexican gray wolves, an extremely rare subspecies, to assist a long-term federal reintroduction effort in Arizona and New Mexico. Two of the facility’s Mexican wolf family groups were released in the Southwest in 1998 and 2000.
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