The beautiful pastel is called "The Looking Glass"
A native of Avon, Connecticut Bob Quick is an entirely self-taught artist who began his fine art career less than a decade ago. Accomplished in the use of pastels. Bob coaxes not only the softness and mood of his subjects from this challenging medium, but an intriguing amount of detail as well. His mastery of pastels has led him to crusade for the acceptance in the art world of pastels on a plane equal to other mediums.
Often choosing to paint wolves. Bob is committed to the preservation of these creatures through their reintroduction into certain areas of the United States. The artist has successfully combined his artistic talent with his love of nature and was named the "Arts for the Parks" Grand Prize winner in 1991. and a top 10 finalist in 1993. He was also the 1992 National Park Stamp Artist. But according to Bob. his greatest reward is knowing that he is sharing his gift and his love of animals with others.
The artist and his wife Ruth currently reside in Red Rock Country in Sedona. Arizona.
Smokey
Smokey
Smokey is a wolf well named because of his brindled coat in shades of smoky gray. His behavior is distinctly alpha; his personality irascible. Wolf Haven's Smokey was born in 1986, and lived as a family "pet" until he grew too difficult for his owners to continue to care for. Smokey arrived at Wolf Haven in 1990, and his period of adjustment was a difficult one. Smokey shares his enclosure with his companion Hurricane, a gentle, submissive white wolf. Smokey and Hurricane are off the Wolf Haven tour route because Smokey is wary of humans, and his behavior is unpredictable. Smokey's often agitated actions are a valuable lesson for anyone who wants to "own" a wolf. When human beings interfere in the lives of wild animals, it becomes their responsibility to provide what the animals cannot provide for themselves-food space, companionship, and a healthy environment in which to live. Once a wolf has been socialized to humans, it can never be released into the wild. If a single wolf is brought into a captive situation, it cannot be integrated into a pack. Attempting to do so would risk its being killed by the other pack members. Therefore, while confinement of a wolf is biologically unnatural, often there is little alternative. Housing wolves usually means denying them the opportunity to live in a pack larger than a pair, experience the raising of pups, hunt, travel over large areas, disperse, and do many other things that would be normal to wolves in the wild. Wolves in the wild need to hunt. They possess incredible sensory abilities that can detect prey at a phenomenal distance. The wolf, the moose, the deer and the caribou are shaped the way they are because of the intertwining of their lives. To be uprooted from this great natural partnership and confined changes a wolf's normal behavior patterns forever. Wolf Haven's wolves are paired in their enclosures and, because we do not want to add to the captive wolf population, at least one member of each pair has had either a tubal ligation or a vasectomy. This allows them to enjoy breeding behavior without producing pups. This does not apply to the two pairs of Mexican wolves that are part of an important breeding program for reintroduction into the wild. Wolf Haven's mission is wolf conservation, and our commitment is to inspire respect for and action on behalf of wolves and all wildlife, leading to improvement in their condition. We look forward to the day when there are no more wolves in captivity, and the wild woods will once again echo with wolf song. Your generous support of Smokey moves us closer to making that dream a reality.
Hurricane
Almost everything wolves do, they do together. Wolves live in cooperative community; these extended families enable wolves to bring down larger prey than individual wolves could do on their own, ensures the feeding and care of the pups, and allows wolves to expertly defend their common territory. Clear and constant communication between family members allows a pack of wolves to live together in harmony and cooperation. Like humans, wolves use three main avenues of communication: olfactory (scent), vocal, and postural (body language). Wolf olfactory communication consists primarily of scent marking. Scent marking is used to clearly mark the boundaries of territories, to claim and defend that territory from other packs, to mark food ownership, and to act as sort of a road map for the pack itself. Human beings use fences and signs to claim and delineate their territory. While people use perfume as a personal scent signature, urination is the most common form of scent marking for a wolf. Vocal communication among wolves consists of howls, whines, growls, and barks; on the other hand, humans have developed a diverse verbal language to share their thoughts and feelings. Postural, or body language, consists of body positions and facial expressions; people can communicate a great deal using only their bodies. A dominant, or alpha wolf carries its ears erect and forward and its tail high. A submissive wolf indicates its lesser rank by lowering itself before a dominant pack member, licking the alpha's face, and tucking its tail between its legs. Each of the wolves at Wolf Haven has its own distinct personality. Hurricane, much like a wild wolf, is extremely shy and wary of human beings. She shares her off-tour enclosure with her companion, Smokey, a wolf as dominant as Hurricane is submissive. Both Smokey and Hurricane spent the first years of their lives kept as "pets." Wolf Haven shelters only two white wolves, and Hurricane is one of them. Smokey is aptly named as he has a brindled coat in smokey shades. Once a wolf is socialized to humans, that animal can never be released into the wild. When human beings interfere in the lives of wild animals, it becomes their responsibility to provide what the animals cannot provide for themselves-food, space, companionship, and a healthy environment in which to live.
Moose
As a species, the wolf is the largest member of the dog family. Adult males generally weigh from 85 to 110 pounds, while females average 65 to 85 pounds. The heaviest wolf remains a 175 pound male from east-central Alaska. Wolves generally are a bit shorter in length than people are tall. Males vary from 5.0 to 6.5 feet from nose to tail tip; females from 4.5 to 6.0 feet. Most wolves stand 26 to 32 inches tall. The entire dog family is exceptionally well suited to running, and the build of the wolf's legs aids the animal in its far-ranging travels. Wolves have moderately long legs compared to other members of the dog family, which not only promotes speed, but helps it overcome the hardships of deep snow. One of the largest wolves at Wolf Haven is Alces, called Moose, because of his generous proportions. Moose weighs around 115 pounds, and is extremely tall as well. His coat is a combination of browns, blacks, and grays, and his eyes are yellow-gold. Often, when Moose is resting in the grass in his enclosure, he blends in so well, it is a challenge to spot him, and we can play find-the-wolf with our visitors. Moose was born at Wolf Park in Indiana, and came to Wolf Haven in October 1987, when he was just six months old. Moose shares his spacious, wooded enclosure with his companion Destiny, a black wolf with golden eyes who always draws ooh's and ahh's from our visitors. Each of the wolves at Wolf Haven has its own unique personality, and Moose, despite his seven years, does not know the meaning of the word dignity as he gallops around his enclosure. Moose seems not to want to leave puppyhood behind. Destiny is more mature and refined in years and in behavior, though Moose can occasionally coax her into a game of tug-of-war played with a tree branch. It is often said that wolves mate for life, but this is a difficult idea to prove. Studies have shown that individual wolves will shift their attentions if their preferred mate is no longer available. Despite their personality differences, it is hard to imagine Moose with anyone but Destiny. Wolves belong in the wild and, when human beings interfere in their lives, it becomes their responsibility to provide what the animals can no longer provide for themselves-food, space, companionship, and a healthy living environment. Because of your generous support of Moose, Wolf Haven is able to give him those things that will keep the quality of his life high. Wolf Haven's mission is wolf conservation, and our commitment is to inspire respect for and action on behalf of wolves and all wildlife, leading to improvement in their condition.
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Chetan
Born in 1995 to a precocious Karin and probably Socrates, Chetan was the only male pup in the litter of five.
Chetan means "hawk" in Lakota. A standoffish puppy coat lent to the nick name of "FluffyPup.". Later his first winter, his social
endeavors "helping" Orca move up in rank earned him the name of "Evil, Wicked Henchpuppy."
Orca
- Born in 1994, also brought from Minnesota, Orca is a wolf with beautiful, distinctive black lines on his face and
whose behavior is full of contrasts: on the one hand, Orca is spooky and afraid of strange noises and movements and very shy
toward strangers. On the other hand, once he knows somebody he does a very exuberant greeting, jumps up and snaps at
people's faces or hands. He had always submitted to Funny, a female Collie, but when we first brought in Altair to the puppies,
Orca raised his hackles and growled at the alpha female.
When it comes to training Orca to walk on obstacles, including ladders and similar objects, he will act very scared and refuse to have anything to do with it - until suddenly one day he will decide that board is not very scary anymore, and these ladders are fun to walk on... Orca is always good for surprises.
In early 1996, through a series of events, Orca was able to take advantage of other males in the pack and quickly moved from #5 to #2 in the rank order. Following Chinook's death in July 1996, Orca was able to "inherent" the alpha position. Later in the winter of 96/97 Alyeska challenged Orca for the position of alpha male, but lost leaving Orca the uncontested dominant male. However, he still will defer to Altair, the alpha female and overall pack leader.
ONE MILLION SIGNATURE CAMPAIGN
AGAINST THE KILLING OF WOLVES IN ALASKA
Return to: One Million Signature Campaign, Wolf Haven International, 3111 Offut Lake Road, Tenino, WA 98589 for counting. The original will be sent to the Alaska state government. One copy will be delivered to the Secretary of the Interior. No other copies will be made.
News Release
March 18, 1997
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Tom Bauer 505-248-6911
The Decision was co-signed by Raymond J. Fatz, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army, and Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman.
Within a year three family groups, consisting of an adult pair and their offspring, will be released on public lands in the Apache National Forest in eastern Arizona. The wolves will be allowed to disperse into the forest and the adjoining Gila National Forest in New Mexico, which provide nearly 7,000 square miles of habitat for the species. If wolves move beyond the recovery area boundary onto private or tribal lands, they will be removed unless the land owners or managers want them to remain. Additional family groups will be released each year over the next three to five years until reaching a recovery goal of a self-sustaining population of 100 wolves in the wild.
The recommendation, contained in a Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) issued by the agency in late December, includes a provision to designate the released wolves as a "nonessential experimental" population under the Endangered Species Act. Such a designation allows Federal, State, and Tribal resource managers more flexibility in managing the introduced animals. Wolves that prey on livestock will be removed by wildlife managers. Livestock owners or managers will be allowed to kill wolves seen attacking livestock on private land.
The decision follows an extensive period of review and public comment. A public scoping process began in 1991, followed by a draft environmental statement issued in June 1995. The Service held 14 public meetings, three formal public hearings, and received nearly 18,000 comments from other agencies, organizations, and citizens. These comments were analyzed, summarized, and responded to in the final environmental impact statement.
Mexican wolves once roamed the mountains of the Southwest and their range extended from Mexico City to southern Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas. The last recorded killing of Mexican wolves in the U.S. occurred in 1970 in Texas and New Mexico. The last verified sighting of a live Mexican wolf was in 1980 in Chihuahua, Mexico. Many factors led to the wolf's decline, but aggressive predator control programs of the Federal government beginning in 1915 succeeded in eliminating most Mexican wolves by the 1930's.
The Service's recovery objective for the Mexican gray wolf is to re-establish a viable, self-sustaining population of at least 100 wild wolves across more than 5,000 square miles of historic range over the next 7 to 10 years. The Service and cooperating agencies will monitor, evaluate and manage the wolves, including moving those that leave the recovery areas or cause significant conflict, such as harming livestock.
Mexican wolves chosen for release into the wild will be selected from animals held at a captive management facility at the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge in New Mexico, following an acclimation and evaluation period. Wolves at the facility were selected from a captive population of 148 animals maintained in zoos, wildlife sanctuaries, and other facilities in the United States and Mexico. Generally, candidate animals for release will be genetically well-represented in the captive population and less than five years old.
WolfTracks Spring 1997 (Wolf Haven)
P. O. Box 1306
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87103
Ken Burton 202-208-5634