What does Wolftown do?

This is a question that has been brought up by a few new people on Vashon.

Thought I would answer it here!

Wolftown is a USDA Fed/state wildlife rehabilitation and education sanctuary.

Which mean we take in orphaned or injured wildlife and help them and then return them to the wild. As close as we can to where they came from.

Every year we do rescue on as diverse of species as Harbor Porpoises to Hummingbirds.

We work with local and state wildlife committees and biologists keeping track of diseases and populations and hazards to wildlife.

On top of this we teach about wildlife through our on site and off site educational programs.

These programs are as varied as living with black bears to having owls in your back yard.

We give tours to the public by appointment generally on Sundays at noon.

Call first 463-9113

Then finally we teach sustainable and predator friendly agriculture. We can do this through the generosity of our close neighbors who allow our sheep to browse the miles of trails close to wolf town. And the Doan family who allow us to use their 80 acres. Wolftown has fenced this land with electric netting and it is there that our sheep flock and calves generally live. They come home to Wolftown’s main 7 acres for lambing, to break the parasite load pattern and shearing.

This program teaches young people how to shear sheep professionally opening up jobs for them and it teaches the compassionate and sustainable raising of livestock.

And the maintenance of land and cooperation of our community.

And the donation of good meat to our food bank. Wolftown donates 1/2 of our lamb crop to the food bank.

It also teaches predator friendly agriculture as Wolftown uses LGD to protect our small lambs from eagles and now coyote and bobcat. Our LGD barks to warn off predators but is very gentle with people. However he will bark if he doesn’t know you.

This is what Wolftown does. And we do this as unpaid volunteers. My Husband Pete and I have put everything into this project as our contribution to help make the world a better place. It is a very difficult task. And we could not do this without the support of the island.

For more info www.wolftown.org or 206-463-9113