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44 ArticlesFairwell Poppy
It is with sadness that I write to tell you that our Wolf Poppy passed away earlier this week. She was almost 16 years of age and had arrived here many years ago following a dominance fight within her pack at West Midlands Safari Park. Initially she was placed in the same enclosure with Nouska […]
3 February 2020Landscaping almost complete
We are so close to finishing the area around the new Kgosi Lodge, with the landscaping almost complete. Here are a few more photo updates.
3 February 2020Kgosi Lodge – Frosty Update
It’s a little frosty underfoot today, but we’ve some more progress for you to see on the lodge.
13 December 2019Kgosi Update – Inquisitive Deer
The local population of deer have taken an interest in the developments at the new Kgosi Lodge. The roof beams are in place and the structure is definitely indicative of how the final building is going to look.
6 October 2019“Rewilding / Reintroduction of wolves into Scotland” – Tony’s view
Dear BBC Wildlife Magazine, I write in response to your Article ‘A Land fit for Wolves’ June 19, 2019. As the founder of a privately owned single species rescue and education centre, Wolf Watch UK, I have kept Wolves in large natural enclosures on a continuous basis for almost thirty five years. Reintroducing the Wolf […]
12 June 2019Card, Cake and Prosecco!
We would like to thank WWUK member Anita Greenfield for hosting a card, cake and prosecco evening and donating the proceeds to our wolves. Over the last few years Anita has been a valued member and advocate of Wolf Watch and in recognition we would like to honour her contribution by making her a lifetime […]
30 October 2018Madadh 16.4.99 – 30.10.17
MADADH “So dawn goes down today, nothing gold can stay” Luke Smith, one of our long term volunteers, quoted this from a beautiful poem by Robert Frost. It speaks volumes about the cycles of nature, but also reflects on loss and that nothing, especially the best, can last forever. It’s hugely appropriate in describing the […]
1 November 2017The Guardian Article
https://www.theguardian.com/science/grrlscientist/2014/mar/03/how-wolves-change-rivers Wolves are crucial for maintaining a healthy ecosystem — a fact that was conveniently forgotten when they were exterminated from almost all of the continental United States by ranchers, farmers, trappers and hunters. Meanwhile, the populations of other animals exploded. The entire ecosystem of the American wilderness was changed by rapidly expanding populations of […]
26 June 2017Kgosi – 16/4/99 to 23/5/17
Dear Members and Friends, I have the saddest news, but also in a way I am trying to feel positive about it. Yesterday afternoon. we lost Kgosi. He appeared to have been drinking from the shallow part of the stream when he collapsed and died. A stroke in 2015 had left Kgosi both blind and deaf. […]
24 May 2017