Born to Be Wild

Watson ticks off stories of mistreatment that her animals have faced: a wolf named Cassidy was kept chained to five other wolves in a meth house, where they were tossed unopened cans of refried beans as meals. Akayla needed casts on her front legs for six months. Rufio had been starved. Ghost was so traumatized when he came to WolfWood that he wouldn't let anyone touch hiim for nine months. Jill and Kodiak had spent their lives in crates stacked in a warehouse with over 100 other animals. Many wolves and wolf-dogs have arrived with ruptured spleens or head injuries from being kicks. Read more...

Visitors to Wolfwood Refuge can pet wolf-dogs such as 10-year-old Sheba. | Photo by Jen Reeder