Our
Purpose & Goals
The Wild Canid Survival and Research Center (WCSRC), popularly
known as the Wolf Sanctuary, was founded in 1971 by noted naturalist Dr.
Marlin Perkins, his wife Carol, and a group of individuals concerned about
the plight of canids. It is a private, nonprofit conservation 
organization
dedicated to the preservation of the wolf and other endangered canids
through education, research and captive breeding.
The Wild Canid Center is located on 63 isolated
wooded acres within Washington University's
Tyson Research Center approximately 20 miles southwest of St.
Louis, Missouri. This small facility is the premier wolf conservation,
education, reproduction and research center. The first facility in the
United States to have a captive breeding program for both red and Mexican
gray wolves, it remains, as per the
United States Fish & Wildlife Service wolf recovery coordinators,
"the cornerstone" of their programs.
We are here to help inform and educate people about the plight of these
amazing animals as well as promote the protection of the remaining wild
wolves and their habitat.
