This Island Between Canada And The US Is Full Of Friendly Wolves And It Allows Visitors

Mar 19, 2020 by apost team

Predators of the Heart is an animal sanctuary located in Washington State. Its biggest attraction is very likely its “Wolf Encounter Experience,” which allows visitors to take walks in the woods accompanied by a couple of the sanctuary’s wolves. Each tour lasts for two hours. Visitors can interact with the wolves and take their pictures. Those who have petted the wolves have found their fur surprisingly soft.

Predators of the Heart offers two “Wolf Encounter Experience” tours a day Monday through Saturdays, and they give the wolves a day off on Sundays. Participants must be at least 18, and they must make a reservation through Airbnb.com. The sanctuary will turn away people who just drop in, according to their website.

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The sanctuary claims to be home to one of the largest wolf packs in the Pacific Northwest. Other animals make their home at the sanctuary. Many are native to the area and include cougar, hawks, lynx, owls, bobcats, foxes, and skunks. Exotic animals include parrots, various reptiles, and sloths.

Clive Wynne, a psychology professor at Arizona State University (ASU), is also a dog-lover and the author of “Dog Is Love: Why and How Your Dog Loves You.” He notes that most wild wolves are not as friendly as the ones at the sanctuary, but he adds, “A wild animal can, with skill and patience, be raised to be willing to react in a friendly way towards humans.” He does advise travelers to double-check an animal sanctuary’s claims that their animals are friendly, reports Pupperish.

Predators of the Heart covers ten acres in a town called Anacortes on Fidalgo Island that sits roughly between Seattle and Vancouver. Canadians and Americans can thus readily enjoy visits with the wolves and the other animals.

Predators of the Heart first opened in 1998. After a rocky start in which one wolf escaped its enclosure, the sanctuary tightened its safety procedures, Pupperish continues. Like many animal sanctuaries, it shelters wild animals that, for one reason or another, can’t be returned to the wild.

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