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The WCSRC has received several requests for hybrid information or assistance in
finding homes for unwanted wolf pets or wolf-dog hybrids. The Wild Canid Center
houses
only endangered wolf species, we are not a home for wolf-dog hybrids or for unwanted pet wolves.
The WCSRC strongly discourages the selling or purchasing of any wild animal including wolf-dog hybrids
or wolves.
Hybrid Facts:
- The majority of exotic pets, including hybrids, are dead before the age of three.
- Because the treatment of hybrids is not covered under malpractice insurance, most veterinarians will
not treat them.
- Currently over 300,000 hybrids exist in the United States and the population continues to grow.
- Wolf hybrids can be socialized and even tamed but they cannot be domesticated.
- Because of liability issues animal control agencies will not take in hybrids and animal shelters
cannot place hybrids into new homes. This results in many hybrids being destroyed each year.
- Each time a hybrid attacks a person it is a set back to the reintroduction efforts of endangered, wild wolves. People assume that hybrid behavior and wild wolf behavior are one in the same - they are not.
References:
Hope,J. Wolves and wolf hybrids as pets are big business but a bad idea, Smithsonian, Volume25(3),
June 1994.
Jenkins, T., How high the price, HSUS news, Winter 1991.
Willems, R.A.,DVM, The wolf-dog hybrid: an overview of a controversial animal, AWIC Newsletter,
Volume5(4), winter 1994/1995.
If you have a wolf-dog hybrid and need assistance or information you can contact:
National Wolf Hybrid Association, Inc.
1059 Porter Morris RD
Chapmansboro TN 37035
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