{"id":478,"date":"2008-01-03T19:55:22","date_gmt":"2008-01-04T01:55:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mjhinton.com\/wild\/?p=478"},"modified":"2008-01-03T19:55:22","modified_gmt":"2008-01-04T01:55:22","slug":"abqjournal-go-sanctuary-helps-wolves-keep-wild-spirit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/?p=478","title":{"rendered":"ABQjournal Go: Sanctuary Helps Wolves Keep Wild Spirit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ABQjournal Go: Sanctuary Helps Wolves Keep Wild Spirit<br \/>\nBy Journal Staff Report<\/p>\n<p>    The Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary is a haven for abused, abandoned and captivity-bred wolves and wolf dogs.<\/p>\n<p>    The purpose of the sanctuary is to provide wolves and wolf dogs with a permanent and safe place.<\/p>\n<p>    The sanctuary is able to rescue a small number of animals including tough cases, or animals that cannot go anywhere else, and provide them with a lifetime of protection.<\/p>\n<p>    The sanctuary was founded by artist Jacque Evans in 1991 and is now run by &#8220;wolf whisperer&#8221; Leyton Cougar.<\/p>\n<p>    Cougar, <strong>47<\/strong>, who has been with the sanctuary since 1996, took over running it in 2003.<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.abqjournal.com\/go\/274291go01-03-08.htm<\/p>\n<p>Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary &#8211; Wolf Rescue, Wolf Dog, Sanctuary<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.wildspiritwolfsanctuary.org\/index.htm<\/p>\n<p> Wild Spirit offers guided tours six days a week, four times a day. Tours range in length from roughly 45 minutes to as long as 1 1\/2 hours depending on the size and age of the group, the interest of guests and activity of the animals. <em class=\"mine\">[mjh: See their website for more plus directions.]<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ABQjournal Go: Sanctuary Helps Wolves Keep Wild Spirit By Journal Staff Report The Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary is a haven for abused, abandoned and captivity-bred wolves and wolf dogs. The purpose of the sanctuary is to provide wolves and wolf dogs with a permanent and safe place. The sanctuary is able to rescue a small &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/?p=478\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">ABQjournal Go: Sanctuary Helps Wolves Keep Wild Spirit<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=478"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}