Area Rescuers Search For Pack Of Wolves
Animals Escape Pen At Sanctuary
DILLSBORO, Ind. — Four days after a pack of wolves got loose from their
pen at a wolf rescue, area volunteers still are trying to find the
animals before they wander into the wrong hands.
About a dozen wolves have been on the run from the Red Wolf Sanctuary in
Dillsboro since Monday, WLWT Eyewitness News 5’s Brian Hamrick reported
Friday.
The wolves chewed their way out of their fences, and Friday, volunteers
hoped the cry of an alpha female wolf would bring them back. And when
they return to within close range, a tranquilizer gun awaits them. Since
the breakout, the pen has been reinforced with heavy-guage wire. Now,
all the volunteers need is to get the fugitive wolves in their line of
sight.
“Everything has to be just right,” one of the hopeful rescuers said.
As Hamrick and a WLWT photographer were interviewing representatives at
Red Wolf, one of the animals got close enough to catch a tranquilizer
dart near his hip, Hamrick reported.
“You couldn’t have asked for anything better than that,” the volunteer
said. “He just came in, turned broadside and presented a good shot.”
Within minutes, the wolf was out cold, and rescuers carefully carried
him back to the pen. Red Wolf spokesman Paul Strasser said he’s more
worried about the wolves if they wander into the paths of humans than
the other way around, Hamrick reported.
“That’s my family,” he said. “And so somebody killing one just to see if
they can kill a wolf is my biggest fear. They’re not going to hurt
anyone.”