Who We Are

 

Director of the sanctuary is Pete Porter. He's had this sanctuary for over 10 years. Pete has been involved with wolves since 1966, teaching about wolves and wolf behavior all around the country. Pete's other interests include hunting, fishing. and karate. He is a fishing and or hunting guide in Alaska, Canada, Florida, New York and Vermont, Buckmasters region 10 director, master antler scorer and is also a 9th degree Grandmaster in Okinawan and Japanese karate.

Seamus is our house dog. He is a Leonberger from Germany. He is very protective of the house, family and our vehicles. You can't keep him out of the pond. After Kayak died Seamus became our house dog.

Donna Porter is the assistant director of the facility. Donna received her B.S. degree in Biology from St. Michael's College, Winooski, VT and an M.S. in Biology from Florida Tech, Melbourne, FL. She has been active in the wolf program for over 10 years. Donna is a religious education director at our local Catholic Church and is an avid gardener.

Bob Ducharme is the secretary and a handler. Bob is a graduate of Southern Maine Tech and owns his own construction business here in Vermont.

Nancy Kent, Funding coordinater, is a 1988 graduate of the University of Vermont. She currently teaches math at Hartford High School. She loves to visit with her son,who feeds Luke hot dogs.

About the Sanctuary

The Wolf & Wild Canine Sanctuary is a federally licensed, non-profit and tax exempt facility, founded by Pete Porter in 1986 to rescue unwanted, abandoned and illegally imported wolves. In the past, like many other organizations, this sanctuary has taken in wolf dog mixes. However, since there are so few licensed facilities for pure wolves, we are currently limiting our incoming to pure animals. Now they are here forever and not mistakenly here to "return to the wild"!

At present, there are 5 animals housed here. They range from pure Timberwolves, pure subspecies Arctic wolves and wolf/dog crosses of various percentages.
We do not breed, buy or sell any animals; please do not ask!

Each kennel is 16' x 30' x 8' of 9 guage chain link with 6" fiberglass reinforced cement pads, with double-door, locked vestibules. All kennels have a roofed area for shade and cover from the rain/snow and tennis court netting providing additional shade at one end.
Each doghouse is 2 tiered with a lower enclosed area and an upper roofed platform.

All kennels have stainless steel water buckets and gravity feed feeders. An 8'3" 9 guage chain link fence and electric dig out wire surround the entire perimeter.
The lower section of the Sanctuary is fenced,with 1/2 acre of woods and field for an exercise area. We also installed a 10-foot deep pond that the animals will be able to swim in someday (as soon as its perimeter fence is in place).

The animal's main diet consists of Pro Form premium dog food, high in protein. This is supplemented with prime rib that is donated by AJ's, an excellent local restaurant (Sykes Ave. White River Jct.,VT) fresh, roadkilled Whitetail deer provided by VT Fish and Wildlife, that the animals make short work of!

Our Short Term Goals:

State of the art diamond plate dog houses

Our Long Term Goals:

To seek and find enough funding to acquire a large piece of property in Vermont with housing, storage areas and a barn and pond. To fence the perimeter, post the land and build a wolf sanctuary in a natural setting. Also set up a surveillance area for viewing the animals and an educational building. There would have to be enough monies to run this fulltime and have a plow truck for the winter for snow removal, 4 wheelers and snow machines for daily fence security and maintenance. Ii would need to be a paid employee, as this would be the only thing I would be doing. I would also need to have a part time laborer for repairs, etc.