PetFolio Readers Alert! "Stubby" The Pure Wolf Passes Away at Local Sanctuary

“THE LAST WOLF”

By:   U.S. Wolf Refuge Staff, Shellie Robertson

On April 22^nd 2011, we lost one of the two remaining pure wolves at our sanctuary in Nevada.  Stubby was over 14 years old and came to the refuge as a young wolf pup from a place called Ligertown in Idaho.  He and his two siblings Curly and Floppy came to the refuge when it was located in Arizona in May 1997.  

Each of these wolves was unique in their own way. Stubby was the Alpha of his group, named for his short stubby tail; Floppy for his one ear which for the longest time “flopped” over and would not stand straight up and then Curly with has one ear curled under, who had most definitely become the Omega as he aged and began having issues with his site.

Curly now howls alone in his kennel. Although the other wolf-dogs join in, he is the last pure wolf here. After being together for their entire lives I wonder if he sensed that Stubby was fatally ill and understands that he has joined Floppy on the other side of the Rainbow Bridge, or if he is still looking for him to come home. We’ll never know.

In the work that we do, chances are that another pure wolf will come our way at some point, joining our pack of high and low content wolf-dogs, but Curly will most likely not live to see that day or greet that animal as only he can do.

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