A Photo Field Trip to Wolf Park

My mom and I had spent the night in Indianapolis a few days ago, but it was a surprise that we were not going home when we checked out of the hotel. In fact, we were going to Wolf Park to take photos! Wolf Park is a sanctuary in Indiana, and they have bison, foxes, and of course, as the name implies, wolves! Wolves being my favorite animal, I was so excited! When we got there, we took our seats for our guided tour. The tour guide gave us lots of information on wolves and the sanctuary itself, which is actually 50 years old this year. Over the years, some of the Wolf Park staff have even had ties with the wolf rehabilitation in Yellowstone. After that, we began walking, talking about the empty exhibits and the wolves that lived in them. Then, we came upon two pens with real wolves in them! In one pen, there were two wolves. One of them was smaller, a little younger, and was light gray. Her name was Sparrow and she looked a lot like my husky Blizzy! The other one was named Nico, and he was HUGE! He was about 150 pounds, and was black with a gray muzzle. He had beautiful amber eyes. In the other pen was Timber, who was much lighter and more nervous, but she was so sweet. Our kind tour guide let us stop for a bit while he told us a little more about these particular wolves and their history at Wolf Park. We walked ahead and saw the bison and moved out on a bridge that overlooked the biggest wolf enclosure.. and we heard howling! The nice tour guide told everyone to give their best howls, so we did. And the wolves howled back! We could not see them, but we could hear them howling. Amazing! I have always wanted to howl with wolves. This was an incredible part of the day, and it wasn't even over! After the amazing howl-a-thon, we went to see their adorable little red fox, Scarlette. She was so cute and adorable, I just wanted to pick her up and snuggle her! At the very end, with the tour finished, we heard more howling, but it was louder. We went back to the big pen, just to check. And there, less than ten feet in front of us, was a wolf. A beautiful gray wolf that was throwing its head back and howling-just for us! We said goodbye to the wolf, Khewa, who gave a yip in farewell. Then we went to do gift shop damage! All in all, it was a really special trip and I thank you, Wolf Park, for doing all that you can to save wolves. But if you're reading this, we can save wolves. Wolves are beautiful, misunderstood creatures. We humans hunt them because all many of us know about wolves are werewolves and the Big Bad Wolf. But wolves are certainly not that. I want to thank Ms. Rosanne Parry, who wrote A Wolf Called Wander, which is the book that taught me all about wolves. A Wolf Called Wander is the book that made wolves my favorite animal. So if you are reading this, Ms. Parry, know that your book is what showed me that we can save wolves if we work together. Let's save wolves!