Fall 2018

IN THIS ISSUE: Our Mission: Double Cross Foster To preserve and protect Mexican wolves, Pages 6, 7, 8 red wolves and other wild canid species, Red Wolf Update Page 9 with purpose and passion, through Citizen Conservation in Action carefully managed breeding, reintroduction Page 10 and inspiring education programs. The Week of the Wolf Presented by Emerson Page 11 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S MESSAGE 2018 Events Nov. 17 Dear Friends of the Endangered Wolf Center, Members’ Day I’ve spent the summer enjoying what the Nov. 24 Endangered Wolf Center has to offer to our guests Holiday Boutique and community. Hearing the laughter of our camp kids while walking the grounds, seeing the tour guests “oh and ah” over our resident animals and, more personally, hearing the wonder and 2019 Events excitement in my daughter’s voice during the car Feb. 15 ride home from her first wolf camp experience. Trivia Night Through our Center and thanks to your support, March 31 so many lives are being touched – and endangered Volunteer Appreciation Dinner wildlife is being saved. TBD Imagine if you could help save an entire species. Polo Classic I’d like to invite you to be a Wildlife Hero. Through your support, you can Oct. 12 help us save not one, but two endangered species as we increase our focus on Wolf Fest our history-making rewilding efforts. Nov. 16 • Rewilding Efforts: As you can imagine, rewilding is not without great Members’ Day challenges. Successful reintroductions are accomplished through a combination of ongoing breeding of genetically valuable wolves; the Nov. 30 coordination and logistics needed when USFWS finds a wild den which Holiday Boutique will accept additional pups; and the immediate response required to enable pups at the right age to be cross-fostered into wild dens. The EWC has been one of just a handful of organizations the USFWS turns to when opportunities present themselves to bolster wild populations. • Resonating with the Public: An additional crucial element is to be able to reach and inform the public about the benefits of wolves and other predators in their native ecosystems, before wolves are introduced to new areas. Misconceptions about large predators and the presumed dangers to humans and livestock require that we undertake a concerted effort to inform the public on the critical role these animals play in a healthy ecosystem and to offer tools for co-existing. If the people who live near wolves do not want or understand wolves, all our rewilding efforts will fail. • Environmental Stewardship: The positive moments I saw this summer reminded me of what being a good environmental steward is, and how different that meaning is for each individual. It can be a small change to help the environment, making conscious choices with your purchases, donating to a cause, or it can be a life path, such as a career working in conservation or a political position.

Meet this new beautiful female swift fox, In this magazine, you will learn more about our success with cross-fostering Havoc’s new mate. She is four years old and Mexican wolf pups and the issues swirling around the preservation of the we’re hopeful they will have kits in the spring. most critically endangered wolf, the red wolf. I invite everyone to take a moment and decide what type of environmental steward you want to be. The EWC celebrates all types and all efforts. Each of us, in our own way, can become a Wildlife Hero. I invite you to claim that title for yourself, today, Managing Editor: Rachel Broom beginning with an action of any size. Editorial Assistance: Betsy Heck Graphic Design: Angela Ewing Contributing Photographer: Michelle Steinmeyer

Virginia Busch On the cover: Four Mexican wolf pups Executive Director born at the Endangered Wolf Center and cross-fostered into wild packs this summer. Learn more about this expedition on page 6. 2 Lucky’s Birthday WHAT’S HAPPENING Lucky turned one in May, and we celebrated on Sunday, May 6 with a party! An extremely important ambassador for her species, Lucky inspires guests through outreach programs, enrichment, and training experiences. During her party she greeted guests and was given a birthday card, gifts, and special maned wolf cake. Sweetology donated delicious birthday In Partnership with REI, the Endangered Wolf Center hosted its first hike day in celebration of National Trails Day in June. cookies for Lucky’s human friends to enjoy as well. Education Building Guests created special enrichment for Lucky, The process of constructing the EWC’s new Education and Nature Center is well under decorating cardboard gift way. Not only will the new building provide a comfortable and inspiring environment boxes with novel scents, for a growing number of onsite guests, but it will also expand the Center’s distance colors, and crickets for Lucky learning programs into classrooms across the globe. The building will also serve to explore. as a venue for private events, speaking engagements, and other educational or revenue-generating opportunities. To be a part of this critical project or for naming opportunities, please contact Rachel Broom at 636-938-9306 or rbroom@ endangeredwolfcenter.org.

STEM Trifecta Nature Program The Endangered Wolf Center, Shaw Nature Reserve, and World Bird Sanctuary have partnered to create an innovative approach to science field trips by providing schools with cohesive, curriculum-based trips that align with grade-appropriate educational Lucky the maned wolf celebrated her first birthday standards. The STEM Trifecta Nature Program is available to students in kindergarten as guests showered her with gifts. through fifth grade. Each year students will visit one of the three conservation organization partners. Interested faculty members should contact Aileen Abbott by Yoga at the EWC telephone at 314-577-9528 or by email at [email protected]. The EWC now offers yoga events monthly. While each yoga program National Trails Day and National Public Lands Day offers a tour and relaxing yoga class On Saturday, June 2 and Saturday, September 29 the Endangered Wolf Center immersed in nature, each class offers a partnered with REI to celebrate National Trails Day and National Public Lands Day. slightly different experience for variety. Guests hiked a challenging trail at the Tyson Research Center leading to a manmade Depending on the event, yoga guests cave. Upon their return to the Center’s campfire area, the hikers were greeted with a will howl with the wolves after their lunch generously donated by Mission Taco, a raffle drawing, and a visit from Cooper, yoga session or meet one or more of our the red fox. Because this new event was such a success, the EWC and REI are working animal ambassadors, such as a maned together to create more hiking events throughout the year. Keep an eye on www. wolf, fennec fox, red fox, or snake! Visit endangeredwolfcenter.org or call 636-938-5900 for more information about these www.endangeredwolfcenter.org or call new and exciting opportunities! 636-938-5900 today for more information about upcoming yoga events!

Photo below: Erin Connett interacts with fennec fox, Daisy, and a field trip group on the viewing platform.

Spring Private Tours Historically the Endangered Wolf Center has had limited tour availability during St. Louis’ spring season due to the grounds flourishing with wolf puppy activity. While still careful to allow wolf mothers enough time and space to raise healthy pups, the Endangered Wolf Center has opened its gates to increased foot traffic this year, inviting guests to enjoy an educational experience via a guided walking tour. Upgraded tour experiences also include added value through either an enrichment or training experience led by the EWC animal care team. 3 Page for Pups

Mexican wolf maze Fostering Wolf Can you help our Mexcian wolf Pups puppy travel to a wild den? Find This year marks the 20th anniversary a path through the maze that of Mexican wolves being released into will lead this wolf puppy from the the wild. At the Center, we were excited Endangered Wolf Center to a wild to mark this milestone by fostering eight home! Mexican wolf puppies into the wild. This means we took eight puppies born at our Center and placed them into dens in the wild. Now our pups are growing up with their wild families.

You can help us celebrate this anniversary by creating artwork inspired by the Mexican wolf. Send us any artwork that honors the Mexican wolf and we will send you stickers celebrating their release to the wild. Please send to:

Attn: Education Dept. Endangered Wolf Center P.O. Box 760 Eureka, MO 63025

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Right before it ventured out to the wild, a Mexican wolf puppy is being weighed at the EWC as part of its health check.

Artwork by Cora, age 6, St. Louis, in honor of the 20th anniversary of the release of Mexican wolves

The Center welcomes poetry submissions from local grade and high school students for upcoming newsletters. Poems should be about wolves or nature, and no longer than a half-page. Selected poets will get a free tour.

Please send poems with your name, grade and school, to

ANSWER: Regina Mossotti, P.O. Box 760, Eureka, MO 63025 4 SPECIES HIGHLIGHT The Coyote: The Opportunist in our Backyard e have all seen one in our With the red wolf population at less W lifetime—perhaps even in person. than 30 animals in the wild, and with The canis latrans, or “coyote” as we their protected area proposed to shrink, commonly know it, has spread far past they desperately need our help. If not, its native homeland of the western plains we will lose this all-American species of the United States; they now make and be unable to restore this predator their home in the eastern United States balance. One of the key ways to prevent in urban areas, and sometimes quite red wolf loss is learning how to tell these literally, our own backyard. two species apart—from a distance, a red wolf and a coyote can seem to have But why are they here? With the similar features. Being able to identify Coyotes have adapted to urban areas, and can often extirpation of wolves in the eastern a red wolf is key to their survival— be seen on roads and in suburbs. Stock Photo. United States due to hunting, coyotes especially considering coyotes are legal have little competition—and they are to hunt at certain times. An uninformed flourishing. Unlike wolves, coyotes hunter might set his sights on a red wolf continue to thrive despite any attempt and mistake it for a coyote. Another to decrease their population—in fact, hurdle that red wolves face in a shrinking it has been discovered that their litter habitat is hybridization— breeding sizes increase under stress. Coyotes are between red wolves and coyotes. With extremely adaptable animals that have red wolf numbers so low, they sometimes learned to prosper on the outskirts of struggle to find mates. Coyotes, though human civilization, leading to an increase normally viewed as competition, might in opportunities for negative human seem like a worthy partner when another interactions. red wolf cannot be found. This further mixes the red wolf gene pool and hurts Knowing what we do now, how do we the red wolf population. When red wolves restore the balance of our wildlife and are at a healthy number and mates can Coyotes tend to have smaller packs than their keep the coyote population in check? wolf relatives, often consisting of an alpha male be found, they self-manage their territory and female and their pups. Photo by National Our answer: bring back wolves! The and keep coyotes at bay. Geographic. American red wolf’s historic range spans the southeastern United States, from Most importantly, the red Missouri to the coast — an area that the wolves need the public’s coyote now dominates. If the American support. If you’d like red wolf were to return to historic to see your ecosystem numbers, it would limit coyote densities. restored, advocate for Wolves are more apt to separate red wolves! Spread the themselves from space that is inhabited word about their plight, by humans than coyotes. Kim Berger encourage others to of the Wildlife Conservation Society act, and speak up to has found in her research that when your legislators about wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone restoring red wolves National Park, coyote densities declined to their native by 39% — showing a strong correlation habitat. that wolf presence alone provides abundant competition to limit coyote populations. Moreover, the presence of wolves prevented the overpopulation of certain prey species, which had a positive effect on plant life and the balance of the ecosystem.

5 CONSERVATION NEWS

Overcoming the Odds MEXICAN WOLF PUPS FLY TO AZ & NM TO HELP SAVE SPECIES IN FIRST (and Second!) DOUBLE FOSTER EVENT he spring of 2018 brought two it hit a roadblock when the wild den yy flights have to be available to get the T tremendous opportunities to help could not be found in the recovery area. pups to the recovery area early enough save the critically endangered Mexican The pups returned to the EWC and were to allow for time and daylight to find wolf population. The Endangered Wolf successfully reunited with their mother. the wild den; Center was able to foster eight pups born at our Center into four different wild Undeterred, in 2016 the EWC in yy staff and veterinarians have to be packs. partnership with FWS again attempted available to make sure pups are ready a foster, and this time it worked! It was to go and cared for during their journey. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service started a milestone for the recovery program foster efforts in 2014 by completing and a valuable new method for getting Beyond all of the coordination and the first successful foster of wild pups underrepresented genetics into the wild planning, the mother wolf at the EWC has into a wild den. The American Red Wolf population. The positive impact each to have at least four pups to allow us to Recovery Program had been successfully successful foster has for the recovery even consider taking a few for fostering fostering since the 1990s, and their program is enormous, which is why we (leaving a minimum of two pups for the experience really paved the way for the celebrate each time. Not to mention the mother to raise to help maintain the SSP Mexican wolf program. Because releasing fact that each foster requires a massive population’s genetics). Oh, and there can’t adults can be challenging (practically and amount of last-minute coordination, be any natural disasters such as wildfires. sometimes politically), fostering gave perfect timing and a whole lot of luck: Basically, the sun, moon, stars, earth and the Mexican Wolf Program a way to get all of the planets have to align to make desperately needed new genetics into yy the weather needs to cooperate; fostering possible! So each year we put this critically endangered population yy the pups have to be born within just a more than 25 breeding pairs together in (only 150 Mexican wolves are left in the few days of each other; facilities across the U.S. and Mexico with wild, mostly found in Arizona and New hope that some of their litters will line up Mexico). yy the biologists have to get signals from with a wild litter. the wild mother’s radio collar that In 2015, the Endangered Wolf Center show her location and signs that she (above photo) Regina Mossotti, (EWC Dir. of Animal worked with FWS to attempt the first has denned; Care and Conservation), with Interagency Field Team “captivity to wild” foster. Unfortunately, at the Mexican wolf wild den site, taking a genetic sample. 6 the Arizona/New Mexico mountains (up to 8,000 ft. elevation), reminding us that this rugged terrain is not for the faint of heart. To get to the dens, we had to hike up and down the sides of mountains for eight grueling miles—four miles to the den, and four miles back. We’d come from St. Louis (~ 400 ft elevation) where there was a lot more oxygen, and as we climbed higher into the mountains, Endangered Wolf Center we felt like we were in the middle of a team Sarah Holaday and Kim Rutledge flew on Arizona Game marathon. and Fish’s plane to wild dens. _credit FWS Through scrub and thorn and over sliding rock and fallen trees, we pressed on with FOSTER STORIES timing. A wildfire and 60 miles-an-hour the pups in our backpacks. They’d let winds almost canceled this foster event, out the occasional sweet, soft whimper, In the 2018 breeding season, Sibi and but weather cleared and fires moved in a and the sound of them motivated and Rogue were the only two females at the different direction. reminded us of why we’d come all this EWC that met the exhaustive criteria way. We wanted these young pups to Next, we were incredibly excited that required for fostering. On April 18, 2018, Rogue had eight pups and two wild Sarah Holaday (from the EWC) and Kim mothers’ timing matched her as well! Rutledge (Executive Director of the We couldn’t believe it! Regina Mossotti, Wildlife Rescue Center) flew four critically EWC Director of Animal Care and endangered Mexican wolf pups born Conservation, and EWC keeper Danielle to Sibi (who had given birth to seven Rosenstein conducted the second foster pups) to Arizona to be cross-fostered on May 14, 2018. Our EWC team arrived by two different wild packs — one in at the Center at 3am. Donned with Arizona and one in New Mexico. This headlamps, we went into our wolves’ historic collaborative effort between the den containing the newly born pups. Endangered Wolf Center staff, the U.S. Veterinarian Dr. Luis Padilla from the St. Fish and Wildlife Service and its partners Louis Zoo determined it was a healthy represents the first time four pups born litter; we pulled two males and two in captivity have been “adopted out” females and left the remaining four pups to two different packs in two different to snuggle with each other in the den. states at the exact same time. We couldn’t believe everything lined up, After we left, we watched as Rogue went especially Sibi having such a large litter back to the den to check on her pups and two packs in the wild matching her — she began to nurse them, which was a great sign. We quickly drove to the airport and boarded our plane with the Hiking to the wild den sites is grueling and challenging precious cargo – the pups traveled in a work in the high elevation and mountainous terrain in small carrier under the seat in front of Arizona. Pups are carried safely in. us with a towel and hand warmers to have a chance to run in the wild, lead help regulate their temperature and keep their own packs and take care of their them warm. own wild wolf families. We landed in Albuquerque, NM, in the When our team found the den, it was a early morning; Fish and Wildlife Service lush area of the forest, surrounded by met us and together we drove about trees with a small stream just on the four hours to the recovery area to meet other side of the ridge. As our team the field team. Once at headquarters in approached the den, the mother darted Alpine, AZ, Danielle and Regina split up: away in the opposite direction — her Danielle took two pups with one team, reaction to us was a vivid reminder of and Regina took two pups with the other just how frightening humans are to team, and we drove as closely as we wolves. We worked quickly and took great could to the wild dens. efforts not to not leave our scent so she But wild recovery means WILD, and would come back quickly and tend to her Dr. Luis Padilla, Saint Louis Zoo veterinarian, Dir. of the roads could only take us so far! The litter. She stayed close but out of sight at Animal Health, and Danielle Rosenstein, keeper at the a safe distance. EWC, performing a health exam on Rogue’s puppies. Mexican wolves in the wild live high up in 7 Overcoming the Odds (cont’d) We took a genetic sample from all helping ensure the pups survive so their pups, wild and captive, weighed them, genetics help make the wild population did a quick exam to make sure they healthier. were healthy and inserted a microchip identifier (just like your dog or cat would We left the pups in the den and the get) to help us identify them later in life mother soon returned. Looking back on – which pack they came from and if they it now, it feels like a dream and it’s still were one of the fostered pups. hard to believe that all the pieces of the puzzle fell into place. It was a true team Before putting them back in the den, we effort by the EWC, the FWS, AZ Game “whizzed” them…meaning made them and Fish Dept, the US Forest Service— go to the bathroom by simulating their everyone working together to make sure mother cleaning their bottoms with her these pups got safely to their new home. tongue…we used a wet cotton ball. We I am proud of the EWC’s participation used the urine and feces from the pups in groundbreaking conservation work as a way to muddle the scent—to make on behalf of the animals we care for — the wild pups smell like the captive pups knowing that we are helping ensure their and vice versa. By mixing the scents, it song can be heard for generations to would help the mother accept the new come. pups as her own. If you want to see more photos or video As a parting gift, the FWS team put an elk from the Endangered Wolf Center’s FWS vet, Susan Dicks performs a health check on carcass within a mile or so of the den to fostering event, check out National the crossfoster wolf pups in Phoenix. Credit George provide food for the additional mouths to Geographic’s story here: https://video. Andrejko feed. The team does this for a few weeks nationalgeographic.com/video/news/ to help the parents when the pups are rare-mexican-wolf-pups-wild-cross- little and it is harder for the pack to hunt, foster-animals-vin-spd

EWC Staff Updates

Sarah Holaday was elected St. Louis American Association of Zoo Keepers Chapter liaison. Her work will include bringing together chapter members and animal care staff in other wildlife organizations in the region, creating learning opportunities to cultivate their skills and knowledge in the science of animal care and welfare. Regina Mossotti was elected Vice Coordinator of the Red Wolf Species Survival Plan and will help lead the efforts to save the most endangered wolf in the Maggie McCoy was elected world, working alongside the Coordinator Mexican Wolf Co-Education to manage more than 230 red wolves Advisor for the Mexican Wolf that live in 44 institutions across the U.S. Species Survival Plan and will Recently awarded the Species Champion represent the EWC as a volunteer. Award by the Conservation Centers for She will help create education Species Survival for her work on behalf of materials to be used around the American red wolf conservation, Regina world by zoological institutions, was also recruited as the Mexican Wolf teachers, universities and others Species Survival Plan Pup Foster Advisor to create awareness about this to help with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife critically endangered wolf. Service and the Mexican Wolf SSP efforts to foster pups from zoos into wild litters.

8 CONSERVATION NEWS Unprecedented Collaboration to Save the American Red Wolf

he American red wolf is the most yy The Association of Zoos and Aquariums behalf of the American red wolf. But it’s T endangered wolf in the world, as accepted the American red wolf as a not enough—we need your help now well as one of the most endangered S.A.F.E. (Saving Animal From Extinction) more than ever. The red wolf needs the mammals. At last count, the wild Species, which means a three year public to know and care about their population in a small area on the coast action plan is being developed to help plight if they’re going to have a chance at of North Carolina was down to 30 red wolf conservation. The AZA will aid survival. Those of us in the conservation wolves. Once prevalent throughout the this effort through funding, awareness, community know that we need to Southeastern United States, this medium resources and research. speak with one strong, loud, positive, sized canid (with a propensity to eat deer unstoppable voice. Here are a few ways and a howl like a soprano opera singer) is yy The Red Wolf Species Survival Plan has we can all step up to make a difference: our American wolf. And yet, many people drafted a plan to grow the population of don’t even know the animal exists—let red wolves in managed care, supporting 99Share Information: Whether at the alone that it is on the verge of extinction. future reintroductions and helping dinner table or on social media, spread ensure the population stays genetically the word about red wolves. Be an However, scientists, conservationists and healthy. Growing the population ambassador for the American red wolf. ordinary citizens across the country are means doubling the size, and several launching an unprecedented effort on institutions such as North Carolina 99Donate: Help the people and the behalf of the red wolf to save this national Zoo, Fossil Rim Wildlife Center and organizations on the front lines, treasure. Below are a few of the highlights others have pledged to add new space working every day for the red wolf. from this year’s collaborative efforts: to care for red wolves. This population Take Action: Write, call, or email growth is a vital step to expand red wolf 99 your representatives (both state and yy In August 2018, the Smithsonian recovery to other reintroduction sites federal) often. Ask them to support Conservation Biology Institute held a in the future. We are working to identify red wolf recovery and the Endangered workshop for world renown scientists zoos and conservation centers to join Species Act, and encourage your from across the country to come our efforts to meet the goals set by U.S. family and friends to do the same. together to help U.S. Fish and Wildlife Fish and Wildlife Service. Service draft a new recovery plan. They will hear you. They can help by yy Conservation Centers for Species allocating financial aid or supporting yy In July 2018, Arkansas State University, Survival (C2S2) and the Endangered their state or the U.S. Fish and Wildlife supported by Little Rock Zoo, Wolf Center received a grant to develop Service recovery efforts. It is our job the Nature Conservancy and the a short film about red wolves to help to make them care and take action. Endangered Wolf Center, hosted the create awareness and inspire action. Believe: You are making a difference. Red Wolf Species Survival Plan Annual The film crew is comprised of National 99 Any contribution you make to the Meeting in Little Rock, Arkansas. Geographic award winning filmmakers, cause makes you part of the pack, Zoos, NGO’s, universities, scientists, and a release date for the film is set for and together we will continue to work federal and state wildlife agencies early 2019. and more came together to address until the red wolf is firmly rooted back the immediate and future needs of These are just a few highlights of the where it belongs in the American wolves in managed care and in the wild. work that is currently being done on landscape. 9 EDUCATION PROGRAMS

Citizen Conservation in Action: Turning the Tide in the Era of Grassroots Collaboration hite-nose Syndrome. Colony they’re not bigger than us. Us can be planting a few native flowers in your W Collapse Disorder. The spread as small as you and your neighbors window boxes; together we are making a of invasive species and Global Climate working together, or it can be as large difference. And together, there is nothing Change. There is no denying it; we as the entire Endangered Wolf Center we can’t achieve. live in an era of looming, catastrophic community. Nevertheless, when we come environmental threats. together with one voice but many pairs of So keep your chin up. Keep thinking big hands, there is nothing we can’t achieve. picture. And most importantly, to quote …but we also live in a remarkable Margaret Mead, “Never doubt that a time of grassroots collaboration, Just receiving this magazine, you small group of thoughtful, committed where the internet has afforded us are already making a difference. By citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s both the interconnectedness and the becoming a member, by supporting the the only thing that ever has.” knowledge necessary to fight back. Endangered Wolf Center and the critical Finding like-minded environmentally conservation work we do here, you are Your friend and ally in conservation, conscious individuals, both within your taking a stand for our home and all the Matt Fox, EWC Volunteer and Previous communities and far afield, has never wonderful creatures we share it with. Program Manager been easier. As is researching practical and affordable methods for affecting In the past year, new data has pointed the positive change all of us in the to an extraordinary decrease in rates environmental family so desire. of colony collapse disorder, a condition leading to the total dissolution of Swift foxes have one of the greatest conservation comeback stories, made possible by many You may be thinking “These problems are honey bee colonies. Do you know what groups working together. Thanks to the Swift Fox too big for me! How can one individual research suggests is the number one Conservation Team’s efforts – in combination with possibly put a stop to these grave threats contributor to this remarkable victory? the EWC, landowners, Native American tribes and facing our Mother Earth?” coordinated reintroductions – swift foxes were able It’s you. It’s us. It’s concerned to increase their numbers and find protected lands. Well, dear member of the Endangered communities, coming together to tackle Today, the EWC continues to play an important role Wolf Center pack, like I always say, the problem head on. From converting in the recovery of this species as our Lead Keeper, these problems are bigger than any your back yards into fields of wildflowers, Tracy Rein, is the International Species Survival Plan one individual can tackle alone… but to building community gardens, to Coordinator for Swift Foxes. 10 EDUCATION PROGRAMS

The Week of the Wolf Presented by Emerson eople’s attitudes and actions affect 4th graders in the Ferguson-Florissant P wildlife and our environment. That’s School District in St. Louis, MO. Students the message the Endangered Wolf Center were presented information about is communicating to students of all wolves over the course of a week ages. Called “The Week of the Wolf,” this through multiple teaching methods program is designed to teach students encompassing elements of science, that the way they think and act can math, social studies, and literature. We have positive or negative consequences hope this education approach will help 4th grade, works like this: on the environment and with wildlife, debunk the misinformation and myths On Monday, our staff teaches a lesson to emphasizing that wolves are an essential about wolves and shift attitudes from students in their own classrooms called part of a healthy ecosystem, ultimately nonexistent or negative to positive with The Balancing Act – a class focused on impacting the well-being of human health. an understanding of the importance of how wolves help to maintain the balance wolves in our ecosystem. of nature. Teachers receive lesson plans Funds to develop and offer the Week including math, language arts, and social of the Wolf were provided by Emerson, The program, which is aligned with the studies to work with their students and the EWC piloted this program with Missouri Grade Level Expectations for Tuesday through Thursday. On Friday, the students take a field trip to the EWC and visit the wolves they have been learning about. Seeing the wolves in person is the best opportunity for the students to connect with these beautiful animals. Students complete surveys at the beginning and end of the week to assess if and how their views changed over the course of the program.

And they did! We observed increases in knowledge about wolves and more positive feelings about humans and EWC Volunteer, Maggie McCoy created a poster that Regina Mossotti, EWC Dir. of Animal Care and wolves co-existing. The findings from Conservation presented at the International Wolf Symposium. Regina also discussed the critically this pilot program will help us develop endangered American red wolf with a panel of experts at the conference. the most effective educational programs going forward.

Encouraging environmental stewardship in future generations is a vital component to our success in helping restore wolves to their rightful place in the American landscape. We sincerely thank Emerson for partnering with us here at the Endangered Wolf Center to make this valuable program possible!

11 VOLUNTEERS & STAFF From tours to maintenance and everything in between, volunteers are the heart of the Endangered Wolf Center!

If you’ve visited the Endangered Wolf howled during the event, sparking a Center (EWC), attended a special event sense of excitement in everyone! like Wolf Fest, or seen us at an EWC booth anywhere in the St. Louis area, Whether it’s getting messy with toddlers chances are you’ve met some of our or fighting the heat to build a habitat, our incredible volunteers. There is no better volunteers put their hearts into all that example of our volunteers’ devotion to they do for us here at the EWC. Come the EWC than their help building Fox join our volunteer pack! You can email Haven for Artie and Cooper, our Arctic [email protected] or fox and red fox, and running this year’s call 636-938-5900 to find out more about Messy Play Day event. volunteering and how to get started!

Thanks to our awesome volunteers, our Messy Play Day event allowed kids to have a blast getting messy and learning all about nature and conservation. Around 20 of our volunteers facilitated nature play and exploration for about 100 kids and their families! Afterwards, families took a tour and found docents at each of our animal habitats sharing stories and information about our wonderful species. The wolves even Volunteer, Bob O’Reilly welding Fox Haven. Volunteers helping to clean up Messy Play Day.

Gail Helfer Brian Chrysler Volunteer Director of Education and Operations

Gail Helfer is a veteran brand strategist, Brian Chrysler came to the Endangered former Hallmark creative director and Wolf Center in October of 2017 to help award-winning writer. Her passion is using manage our special events and volunteer this expertise to help people feel a deeper program as our Special Programs connection to wildlife and wild places. Coordinator. It wasn’t long before he was promoted to Director of Education and Gail fell in love with wolves at an early age. By mistake. It wasn’t Operations, a role he took on with purpose and passion. until she bought her favorite Newbery Medal-winning book – The Grey King – from her former grade school that she realized Born and raised in the Chicagoland area, Brian moved to St. the beautiful gray wolf in the story was actually a dog. Okay, a Louis in 2014, bringing with him a Bachelor of Science degree dog with some pretty cool wolf-like abilities, but the bug had in Animal Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana- long-since bitten, and the passion endured. Champaign.

Gail and her husband, Marc, own Authentus Group, and have But Brian’s passion for animals extended far outside the built and managed our website, helped with emails, social classroom. His first experience as an animal keeper came at posts and letters since 2012. She also writes the bios for our Illinois’ Niabi Zoo. He also studied and researched multispecies adoptable animals and staff, and named our popular PredaTour. enclosures at the AZA accredited Brookfield Zoo, looking at the interactions between Asian small-clawed otters and white- Her story, Matron of the Mountain, a tribute to our beloved cheeked gibbons sharing a single habitat. Anna, won the Sedona Wolf Week Rewrite the Fairy Tale contest, and will be published later this year. She keeps a photo of After moving to St. Louis, Brian worked as an animal interpreter Picaron in her office, and the legacy adoptions she wrote for at the Saint Louis Zoo. He then worked as an animal care these two amazing wolves are still popular. technician and supervisor at the Washington University School of Medicine for several years before returning to the Saint Louis She credits National Geographic’s Strange Days on Planet Zoo as a lead educator, running overnight programs and serving Earth’s Predators film about Yellowstone and the role wolves as associate camp director of Camp KangaZoo. played in its recovery for turning her love of wolves into a life- long commitment to being their voice. With a mind for science and a heart for wildlife, his passion and knowledge are things he’s excited to share. 12 Gifts Received August 1, 2017 – June 30, 2018 LEADERS OF THE PACK We make every effort to acknowledge all gifts received and to maintain accurate records. If you discover a discrepancy or have questions, please call Judith at 636-938-9306. NEW AND UPGRADING MEMBERS Our wild canids give a big “Howl of Recognition” to our new and current members who have increased their support to the Center.

BEQUESTS Mr. & Mrs. Herbert D. Condie, Jr., John H. Tyler Family Fund Sharon K. Kamman Mr. Jeremiah Dellas Joan M. Gossin Ms. Darlene M. Desroches Mr. and Mrs. James R. Elsesser Jr. FENNEC FOX PACKMATES Eugene J. Tichacek Family Trust (CONTRIBUTIONS $100,000+) Fair Play Foundation August A. Busch III Charitable Trust Fall Out Boy Fund at The Chicago Beckmann Family Charitable Trust Community Foundation at the recommendation of Dustin Addis AFRICAN PAINTED DOG Mr. and Mrs. David Farr PACKMATES Mrs. Joseph F. Gleason (CONTRIBUTIONS $25,000-$99,000) Ms. Jane E. Habbegger The Dana Brown Charitable Trust Harvest Plaza Animal Hospital The Donald Slavik Family Ms. Betsy Heck Foundation Mrs. Patricia G. Hecker, Hecker Traci Young enjoyed a private cabana with her guests at the Polo Classic event. The Dorothy D. and Joseph A. Family Charitable Foundation Moller Foundation SWIFT FOX PACKMATES Mr. and Mrs. Tim O’Shaughnessy of the St. Louis Community (CONTRIBUTIONS $500-$999) Ms. Geraldine Hufker and Ms. Foundation Mark & Shari & Ian Perry Celeste A. Ruwwe Mrs. Mary Ann Amsinger Mrs. Sally Higgins Mr. Steve Philipp Newman’s Own Foundation Mr. Aaron Armstrong John F. McDonnell Fund Ms. Jennifer B. Pirrie Mr. and Mrs. Todd M. Anderson Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Pratt MEXICAN WOLF PACKMATES John Henry Foster and Bernadine Foster Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Kurt Andrew Mr. and Mrs. Bill Raley (CONTRIBUTIONS $10,000-$24,999) Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kaltenthaler III Ms. Kathryn A. Aschenbrenner Renewal by Andersen of St. Louis Mr. and Mrs. Blackford F. Brauer Mrs. Peg Kaltenthaler Bender Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Renner Mr. and Mrs. Jay Smith Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Kellow Ms. Jennifer Boyd Mr. and Mrs. William Rogers Dr. and Mrs. Matthew Broom RED WOLF PACKMATES Dr. Chris Kostman and The Ryan Tradition – Coldwell Banker Gundaker (CONTRIBUTIONS $5,000-$9,999) Ms. Virginia Busch Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Brown Ms. Michelle Schaeffer Anonymous (2) Mr. C. Stephen Kriegh and Ms. Joan Brust Mr. Terry Schmidt Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Baur Dr. Pamella S. Gronemeyer Ms. Allie Buckley Ms. Martha J. Schoonover The Boeing Company Gift Matching Ms. Carol Lambert Byerly Trailer & Mfg. Co., Inc. Program Ms. Janet Langley Ms. Judith Ciegel St. Louis Car Museum & Sales Mr. and Mrs. Stephen F. Brauer Mr. Michael McClorey Mr. Brandon Craig Ms. Katie Sutcliffe Becker Mr. and Mrs. Tom Brown Ms. Katheryne Morschl Mr. and Mrs. Roger Culley John S. Swift Charitable Trust Centene Corp. Missouri Environmental Fund Mrs. Jo Anna Dale Ms. JoAnn Stephan Dr. Holly Reed Conservation Fund Mr. Doug Peterson and FCRV Alf Campers Cdr. and Mrs. Mark Suycott USN (ret.) Employees Community Fund of Ms. Susan Chang Ms. Nancie Fitzwater Boeing Red Wolf Coalition, Inc. Forsyth School Ms. Elizabeth Topkis Green Family Foundation St. Charles Animal Hospital and Mr. Brion Friedman and The Webb Family Ms. Dianne Meyer Clinic, P.C. Ms. Deirdre Lavieri Ms. Diane L. Weber and Mr. David R. Nemerov Ms. Helen McIntyre Mr. and Mrs. Terrance T. Mr. and Mrs. Mark Frohardt Schoeninger, The Schoeninger Ms. Debi Weaver Sand Castle Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Dean A. Graves Family Fund of the St Louis Mr. Carl Hettick Mr. Joshua Waver Mrs. Mary Strauss Community Foundation Ms. Ella Hirsch Wm. & Betty Halliday Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Virgil VanTrease Mrs. Patricia S. Scott Mr. Cody Hostuttler Ms. Theresa Wood Wiley Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. William T. Skaggs Mr. and Mrs. Venable Houts Mr. Kerig Woodring The Winnick Family Foundation Mr. Thomas Spalding Ms. Santa Johnston Mr. Paul Zemitzsch WS and BK Ross Charitable Mr. and Mrs. Kirk Stange Foundation Trust Ms. Elizabeth King Stange Law Firm PUPPY PACKMATES Mr. Thad James and Mrs. Ann Still (CONTRIBUTIONS $250-$499) MANED WOLF PACKMATES Ms. Kathy T. King A Storage Inn, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Abrams (CONTRIBUTIONS $1,000-$4,999) Mrs. Wilfred Konneker The Straube Family Mr. Brett Atkins Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Ackerman Mr. and Mrs. Clifford G. Leeker Mrs. Linda Straubinger Mr. and Mrs. Mehmet Altin Anonymous (2) Mr. Stefan Lessard Tracy Family Foundation AmazonSmile Foundation The Bellwether Foundation, Inc. Mr. Ernest S. Levine US Bank, The Private Client Reserve Mr. Aaron Armstrong Mr. and Mrs. James G. Berges Mr. and Mrs. David Lukens Ms. Anissa Weed Anonymous Bonfire Funds LLC Mr. Cyrus H. Lyle Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Nick Weis AT&T Employee Giving Campaign Ms. Beth Campbell Ms. Elaine M. Majerus Mr. and Mrs. Bill Wheeler Mrs. Cornelia B. Aversa Ms. Jennifer Carmell Musick Construction Co. Ms. Traci Young Mr. and Mrs. Mike Barnes Mr. and Mrs. Frank Castulik Mr. Gus Nelson Bath Fitter The Commerce Trust Company Mr. Wayne Norwood 13 Ms. Deborah Martens Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Williams Ms. Grace Ealick Ms. Janine Martin Mr. and Mrs. Michael Wilson Terry and Wilma Eivins Dr. Rhiannon C. McKnight Mr. Albert G. Woodring Ms. Christy Ellington Mr. and Mrs. C. Douglas Meadows Mr. and Mrs. M. Lanier Woodrum Miss Ashley Enger Mr. Ian A. Meggarrey and Mr. Arthur Englis and Ms. Christina Lindberg ADOPT A WOLF ($135) Mr. Matthew Englis Mrs. A. Jay Meier (NEW AND UPGRADED Mr. Mason Enos Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Meyer MEMBERSHIPS LISTED ONLY) Mr. Mike Fabian Mr. and Mrs. Paul Meyers Ms. Sasha Ackerman Ms. Rachel Falkner and Mr. Mike Milburn Mr. Zach Agatstein Mr. Matthew Saylor Ms. Felicia Miller Mr. Christopher Almon Mr. Wesley Feco Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Mitchell Ms. Edna Nae Ament Mr. Bill Federhofer Ms. Nancy Morgan and Missie Dog Ms. Melissa Anderson The Fields Family Smith McGehee and Susie von Mr. Michael Monsoon Arcadia Valley High School Mr. Kris Firebolt Gontard hosted the EWC Polo Classic Science Club Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Mottl Ms. Aubrey Fisher event on August 25. Mr. Zachary Atcheson Ms. Pam Nickrent Ms. Linda Fishkind Mr. Dustin and Ms. Carlie Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Beeman Mr. Gus Nelson Ms. Madelynn Fones Ms. Kayla Berkenkamp Ms. Samantha Bourdelais Mrs. Virginia F. Orthwein Mr. and Mrs. Dave Forquer Shane Blaylock Mr. and Mrs. Bill Bowman and Mrs. Yvonne Polson Matt and Landen Foster Will T. Ms. Shanti Boinepally Miss Camille Rafie Ms. Christy Garthoeffner Ms. Tierny Boyd Mr. Mike Bommer Mr. and Mrs. David L. Reichert III Ms. Kathleen M. Gibson Mr. Stephan Bryan Mr. and Mrs. Adam Bone Ms. Linda R. Reifschneider Wolfie Gilliam Ms. Isabelle Caguitla Mr. Hal Bowie Mr. and Mrs. Jack Rein Mr. Ethan Graves Ms. Austen Carter Mr. and Mrs. Michael Branon Ms. Courtney Rice Ms. Marlene Gustafson Ms. Ariel Castle Mr. Jonathan Braun Ms. Sue Richardson Ms. Kisszy Hagebusch Ms. Julie Catron The Breuer Family Mr. and Mrs. John R. Roberts Ms. Haley Hardy Ms. Linda Chickos Mr. Joshua Broussard Ms. Marcella Rolwes Ms. Sarah Harmon and Ms. Lori Clithero Mr. and Mrs. David Bunge Mr. Devon C. Rosenfeld Ms. Nancy Harmon The Cornett Family Mr. Dagoberto Bustillos Mr. William Rowe Mr. Donald Harris Martha Crimmins Ms. Brenna Canali Mrs. Caryn St. Clair Ms. Crystal Hernandez Mr. and Mrs. Kirk Damman The Catalano Family Ms. Audrey Sczepanski Mr. Colten Heuer Mr. and Ms. David L. Daniels Ms. Jaclyn Clark Mr. and Mrs. Dave Segasture Ms. Kat Hoelting Mr. and Mrs. Anil Dharna Ms. Karen S. Clayton Mr. and Mrs. Bill Settle Dr. and Mrs. Craig S. Holzem Ms. Margaret Diestelhorst Mr. and Mrs. Craig Collier Miss Kathryn Smallen Ms. Tina Howard Mr. Matt Dudenhoeffer Mr. and Mrs. Jason Cook Ms. Andrea Snyder Ms. Adrienne Ieda Mr. Chris Duggan Mr. Jim Greywolf Cornehls Ms. Sara Steelman Reverend TaZaras Isom Ms. Brenda Eickhorst Ms. Amy Coughlin Ms. Michelle Steinmeyer Ms. Sherri Jackson Mr. Marcus W. Ervin Charlie and Abby Counsil Ms. Barbara Steps Mr. Aiden Jajko Mr. and Mrs. Mike Farmakis Ms. Teri Cowsert Mr. Walter A. Suhre, Jr. Ms. Annika Jenkins Mr. George Farrell and Ms. Jacquelyn Cox Team Smith Hollis Mr. Sherman Jennings Ms. Wendy Knudsen-Farrell Mr. and Ms. David Daniels Mike Teller Ms. Laura Jimenez Mr. Winston Freiberger Ms. Emily Dallas Ms. Dixie Tenny Mr. and Mrs. Dorris G. Johnson Mr. Charles Gandy Ms. Sherri Darby Miss Serenity Vereecke Miss Gracie Jones Mr. Scott V. Garavaglia Mr. Craig De Boer The von Gontard Family Foundation Ms. Chelsea Kaufman Ms. Marguerite Garrick Mr. Lawrence DiBella IV Mr. and Mrs. Keith Walleman Mr. Caleb Keenoy Ms. Pamela Getman Ms. Margaret Diestelhorst (2) Mr. Robert E. Waters Jr. Ms. Gabby Keenoy Ms. Jen Gotham Ms. Alexis Dillas Mr. and Mrs. George N. Weber Ms. Natalie Keenoy Mr. and Mrs. Brian Handyside Ms. Josephine Dobbs Mr. Dan Welcheck Ms. Pearl Kessler Ms. Ann Hanke Ms. Tracy Doner Mr. and Ms. Jared Welton Mr. William King Mr. Butch Hartmann Ms. Samantha Driemeier Mrs. Paula Wike Ms. Madison Kirkpatrick Ms. Katrina Harvath Mr. Matt Dudenhoeffer (2) Ms. Kylie Kitchen Dr. and Mrs. Alan Heisel Mr. Dalton Knott Mrs. Ella M. Hirsch Mr. Lion Kobusch Mr. David Horst Mr. Caden Kohl The Howard Family Ms. Shannon Koontz Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hupp Mr. Jarrod Koski Ms. Adrienne Ieda Ms. Miranda N. Kreun Mr. and Mrs. David Illert Mr. Jeff Krewet Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Johnson Capt. Meghan Kubesh Ms. Sarah Kerr Ms. Kelley Kuhlmann Ms. Julie Knipp Miss Angela Kuri Mr. Jon Kontio Miss Elena Kurz Ms. Tamara Kuddes Mr. Holden Lambert Mr. Dominic Lee Ms. Jennifer Langlois Ms. Pamela Lee Ms. Kristin Layer Mr. and Mrs. Jason Marsh Marguerite Garrick, Jane Gleason, Erin Connett holding Daisy, and Teri Steinberg enjoyed a perfect evening full of howling at a private Cocktail Wolf Howl. Mr. Max Layman 14 Ms. Lydia Lee Dr. Tom Schmidt Ms. Isabella Lippincott Christian Schwandt Gala Loam Ms. Whitney Seely Ms. Emma Kathryn Lorenz Mr. Nihar Shah Mr. Michael Lutz Ms. Shirley Shaw Ms. Taylor MacKenzie Ms. Brenda Shockley Mr. Jeffrey Manning Katelyn and Michelle Short Ms. Vicki Markus Mr. Josh Siburt Ms. Lee Matzen Ms. Lexanna Siemasz Mrs. Carol May Miss Amelia Simmonds Ms. Dedra McCasland Mr. Scott L. Smith Mr. Michael McClorey Ms. Stephenie Stowell Miss Olivia Love McGuire Anthony, Vincent, Eli and Mr. and Mrs. Greg Meyerott Sam Strohmeyer Ms. Jan Misuraca Lucus, Audrey, Sylvia and Ms. Angelika Moss Oliver Strohmeyer Ms. Teresa M. Moss Miss Lydia Strohmeyer Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Munie Teddy and Molly Struckmann Mr. Eric Nehlsen Ms. Alexandria Swallers Mr. and Mrs. Mark Neubauer Ms. Jen Tepen Mr. Nathaniel Newman The Thayer’s and Nelson’s Ms. Laurie Nichols Mr. Patrick Tierney Animal Keeper Sarah Holaday and Daisy ready for their appearance on the Kathie Ms. Ellie Noe Mr. Dennis C. Toenjes Jr. Lee and Hoda Show in New York City. Mr. and Ms. Eric Nordsieck Mr. and Mrs. Chris Turner Ms. Laurie Patsaros Ms. Nancy L. Urness FAMILY PACK ($95) Mr. Matt Dudenhoeffer Mr. and Mrs. Jack Pfitzer Ms. Andrea Vasquez and (NEW AND UPGRADED Ms. Aditya Eachempati Mr. Stephan Denwood MEMBERSHIPS LISTED ONLY) Mrs. Cathy Porter Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fellner Mr. Connor Velleca Mr. and Mrs. Blevins Ms. Caroline L. Pufalt Mr. Sean Fike Mr. David Velleca Ms. Joanna Brueggemann Ms. Jeanie Ransom Mr. Derald F. Forbis Mr. Benjamin Walentik and Ms. Karen Gregg Mr. Glenn Ree Ms. Autumn Frano Hoover Mr. Jacob Walentik Mrs. Priya Hotmer Mr. and Mrs. David L. Reichert III Mr. and Mrs. Donell J. Gaertner Ms. Chelsea Wangler Mrs. Kate Karagiannis Ms. Celeste M. Reisch Mr. Richard Grommet Miss Anastasia Watts Mr. and Mrs. Brad Kelley Mr. Butch Reitzel Ms. Paula Griffith Emma, Colin and Abel Webb Ms. Ali Krinski Mr. and Mrs. David Halsey Ms. Athena Lato Ms. and Mr. Jody Harrison Ms. Paulette S. McLeod Ms. Laurel Heddens Ms. Angela Miller Mr. Tadhg Hegarty Mr. David Novak Mr. Michael Henry Terry Ragsdale Ms. Madison Hogan Mr. Eric Reiss and Ms. Jocelyn Reiss Merilyn Hogan Ms. Jennifer Sontheimer Masja Kampinga Mr. James Wethington Mr. Adam Kannler Mr. and Mrs. Dale Whitehouse Ms. Melisa Kates Ms. Cindy Keyte FRIEND OF EWC ($50) Alex Koch (ONLY NEW MEMBERSHIPS LISTED) Jayde Koch Mr. and Mrs. Gary L. Anterhaus Mr. and Mrs. Michael Koenig Ms. Villie M. Appoo Mr. and Mrs. Paul Kordonowy Mr. and Mrs. Bob Becker Mr. and Mrs. James W. Kriegshauser Ms. Jacqueline Berliner Ms. Susan R. Krotz Smydra Mr. John A. Bjornson Ms. Carol Lambert Ms. and Mr. Elaine L. Boni Ms. Ella Lee Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb met EWC ambassador animals while Julie Ms. Cindy Bowers Scardina, EWC spokesperson, and Virginia Busch, EWC Executive Director, shared Mr. Jack Lee Ms. Katie L. Brennan how the EWC is working to increase the number of endangered canids in the wild. Ms. Page Lee Ms. Mary Burns The Reynolds Family Ms. Mary Wells Mr. and Mrs. David Lisinski Ms. Jennifer Buxbaum Mr. Travis Riley Mrs. Kathryn West Mr. Jonathan B. Losos Ms. Linda Chickos Ms. Jennifer Roberts Mr. Hunter Williams Ms. Christie Lundy Ms. Susan Clark Ms. Dylan Rogers Ms. Makala Williamson Maya and Lucca McGinn Ms. Casslyn Crain Ms. Erin Rollins Ms. Nancy Wilson Mr. and Mrs. Richard McPherson Mr. Alex Cuenca and Morgan Rudman Kaden Withem Ms. Lauren Arend Ms. Lauren Mills Ms. Paityn Russell The Wolf Family Ms. Allison Davis and Ms. Emerson Mistwood Aviation Services Ms. Kimberly Walker Sandling Mr. Eric Wolff Dahl Davis Ms. Mary L. Montgomery Ms. Thelma Santiago Mr. Everett Wood Ms. Janice Dawson Ms. Sharon Moran Mr. Steven Sather Mr. Jonah Wulff Ms. Christine M. DePalma Mr. and Mrs. Michael F. Mullins Miss Alexis Schermetzler Ms. Sharon A. Wyman Ms. Margaret Diestelhorst Dr. Barbara Natterson Horowitz

15 Joyce E. Inman Audrey Rose Mr. and Mrs. William Hansen Mrs. April Croquart Barbara Jacober Morgan Rudman Ms. Amber Jacober Ms. Madison Rudman Stephen Johnson Celeste Ruwwe and Ms. Sandra Lopez Gerry Hufker, “Merry Christmas” Ms. Pamela K. Dauphin Aunt Karen Mr. Theodore Madsen Celeste Ruwwe, my aunt Ms. Barbara Meeks Amanda Links Mr. Douglas Sam and his love of wolves Ms. Elizabeth Macheca Roger Mandel Mr. Matthew Hafter “Sarge” Mr. Jeff Krewet Carter Roberts, President and CEO of World Wildlife Fund in the US, met with our Edwin Massie and Rick Ruderer’s EWC Executive Director Virginia Busch and our Board Chairman Jeremiah Dellas. wedding Jay and Sharlla Smith’s wedding Mr. and Mrs. James E. O’Donnell Lori and Walt Curtis Dr. and Mrs. Matthew Broom Dr. and Mrs. Matthew Broom Ms. Vickie Ostoin Dr. Michael Dobersen Krista Millito Mr. and Mrs. Kent J. Glovanovitz Ms. Debbret Overturf and Bryce Davis’ 22nd Birthday Ms. Renee Sobel Sunny Syrett Ms. Hailey Overturf Ms. Kathy Davis Regina Mossotti Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Streiff Mrs. Lois Potochny Wolves 4 Wolves Sarah Tamborski Ms. Linda Scanlon Marjorie Dellas Mrs. Heidi Wheeler Mr. Jason Richter Ms. Sam Schmiz Milo Nickelson Ms. Mollie Anderson Ms. Marinda Schneider The Derhake Family Veronica Tarnowski Ms. Charlotte Schaefer Mrs. Macey Smith Ms. Katheryne Morschl Ms. Karen Brelsford Mr. Michael Tarnowski Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Stark Renee Dix Paul Orf Ms. Caroline L. Sutcliffe and Ms. Wendy Patterson Mr. and Mrs. Ray Emerson T’hayla Mr. Shawn Ham Renee Patrin Jimenez Nickerson’s Ms. Claudia Taylor Shirley Ellington Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Walk Ms. Roxanne O’Connor “Tulio” Mr. and Mrs. Robert Tegels Ms. Diane Woepke Mr. Adam Thomson Susan Forquer’s Birthday “Pongo” Mr. Todd Duyvejonck Mr. Jeffery Trotta Ms. Michelle Forquer Marian Thelen Mr. Earl Landwehr Ms. Rhonda Tumbleson Abby Frucht Gary Pugh Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher E. Wells II Jess Zimmerman Arkansas State University Annette M. Trantanella Ms. Beth Willock Foundation, Inc. Ms. Rachel Nichols Karen Gelb Lisa Wohlers Ms. Rachel Loeb Riley Rajczyk President Trump Mr. James Womack Jr. Ms. Celine Krafft Mr. Steve Kover Ms. Arielle Wright Jack Hagedorn Ms. Helen McIntyre Peggy Ratz Virgil VanTrease Mr. and Mrs. Eric Rammelkamp HONOR/MEMORIAL Anonymous Cole Hermann Mr. TC Rammelkamp III CONTRIBUTORS LIST Ms. Emily Eggers Paul Zemitzsch DONATIONS IN HONOR OF: Romeo Dayle Kline Kristin Huizinga for Christmas Ms. May Mosquera Wally Bohannon Adlersfluegel Ms. Judy Van Elk Huizinga Dr. and Mrs. Matthew Broom Happy Birthday Anna Ms. Karen Krings Arkansas State University Ms. Sherri Darby Mickey Arnowitz’s Birthday Mr. Andrew Arnowitz James Bridges IV Miss Janell Heneman Julia Brncic’s birthday Mr. Nick Natoli Kaye Campbell Hinson Ms. Ann Bateman Judith Ciegel and Mike Crecelius’ wedding Ms. Sharon Hoffmann Patty Clarke Mr. Alan Berkowitz Zac Cochran Ms. Kelsey Quade Lucky and the EWC team were on Fox 5 Good Day in Washington, D.C. spreading the word about wolves, conservation and the health of our environment. 16 DONATIONS IN MEMORY OF: “Anna” Mexican wolf Concetta Di Bratto Mr. and Mrs. Marc Helfer Ms. Reneé L. Meier Marie Beffa Ms. Diane S. Bunton “Bob” Dr. and Mrs. Matthew Broom Corey Burns Ms. Jennifer Hoffman Audrey Creedon Mr. and Mrs. Donald Blevins Ms. Ariel Castle Mr. Eric Feltz Ms. Elizabeth A. Flick Tony Csik Ms. Iris Csik and Mr. Christopher Pieper John Feldmann Celeste Ruwwe and Geraldine Hufker help cut the grand opening ribbon for Fox Haven, a much needed habitat for our Mrs. Toni Feldmann newest residents, an Arctic fox named Artie and a red fox named Cooper. Joan Gossin Tom McNamara Howard Secks ExxonMobil Foundation Ms. Margot Wynn Ms. Judith Ciegel and Mrs. Kathleen Secks Mr. & Mrs. Elliotte M. Harold Dr. Mike Crecelius Colleen Segbers GE Foundation Great-grandmother Kelly Mr. and Mrs. Travis Mossotti Ms. Jane E. Cuba Ms. Patricia L. Clarke Mr. Raymond A. Wedlake “Mr. Merlin” Ms. Mary Trish Cuba Terry Sherburne Give STL Day Ms. Laura Lucas Ms. Sue Frey Ms. April Leach Kelly Amerson Brennan O’Meara Geoffrey Harris Savina Tonella Mr. and Mrs. Jamie Boydston Mr. and Mrs. Kevin O’Meara Ms. Barbara Harris Ms. Diane S. Bunton Ms. Melinda Brenkendorff Gregory Pappas Ms. Beth Campbell David William Hawkins Joseph Fraser Webb Mr. and Mrs. Kevin L. Redhage Mr. David Dattilo Mr. Gordon Gates Mr. and Mrs. Travis Mossotti Anonymous (3) Ms. Katherine Huffman “Picaron” Nelson Wolf Mr. and Ms. Brian Gordon Kadean Construction Mr. and Mrs. Marc Helfer Ms. Cheryl A. Wolf Krista Grant Mr. and Mrs. Bill Lackey Roger Richardson Mr. and Mrs. William Hansen Ms. Sherry McCarty MATCHING GIFTS RECEIVED Ms. Sonya Richardson Thomas Ms. Elaine Haynes Mr. Phil O’Connor FROM: Marian L. Roberts Ms. Jacqueline M. Hutter Ms. Kathy Recker Ms. Carol Lambert AT&T Foundation Ms. Janet Koester Ms. Joan Steinert August A. Busch III Charitable Trust Lee Ross Ms. Elizabeth Macheca John Hogan Mr. and Mrs. Jim Kettelkamp The Boeing Company Gift Ms. Jeralyn Madison Ms. Ann C. Hogan Matching Program Mr. and Mrs. James E. O’Donnell Shirley Schipke Victor Huddleston Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Ackerman Ms. Lisa Pendel Anonymous Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Chris R. Blake Ms. Sandra Sparks Dr. and Mrs. Matthew Broom Mr. John Carr “Inapa” Ms. Jennifer Thompson Ms. Mary Hall Ms. Valerie W. Colloton The Frerichs Family Ms. Denise White Ms. Jennifer Manuel Mr. and Mrs. Richard Dyer Greater Kansas City Community Margaret Kozemski Mr. and Mrs. Kent J. Glovanovitz Mr. and Mrs. Roger Niermann Foundation Ms. Eleanor B. Hecht Mr. and Mrs. David Churn Leni Kriger Ms. Deborah K. Martens Ms. Deborah Wodraska Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Munie IBM Corporation Ms. Barbara R. Steps Mr. and Mrs. Roger Niermann Margaret Fisher Lawrence Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Fisher Ms. Jennifer Roberts MasterCard International Mr. David M. Blue and Incorporated Margaret A. Lueker Ms. Melissa A. Rung Blue Mr. and Mrs. Clifford G. Leeker Ms. Christine Long and Family Mr. and Mrs. Jay Smith Monsanto Fund Carmen Linda Lutz Mr. and Mrs. Al Sonntag Mr. Matthew Chval and Mr. Michael Lutz Mr. and Mrs. Bob Tehan Dr. Kristin Huizinga “Major” Mr. and Mrs. Mark Weber Mr. James Jennings Dr. and Mrs. Matthew Broom Cee Kay Supply Mr. and Mrs. Phillip LaBanca Ms. Sondra Schol and “Maxine” Mr. and Mrs. Doug English and Family Mr. Eric Johnson Dr. and Mrs. Matthew Broom EWC Executive Director Virginia Busch Mr. and Mrs. Paul Meyers with Elizabeth Green at the Polo The Elsevier Foundation Classic event. Ms. Amy Buxton 17 Grey Eagle Distributors, Inc. Pawsitively Fintastic Hammerstone’s Ms. Rebecca Pehle Mr. Nicholas Hargis Mrs. Doris Perry Ms. Betsy Heck Pole Position Raceway Ms. Alyssa Helgenberg Mrs. Cathy Porter Mr. and Mrs. William Horn Premier Care Orthopedics Shelley Hotchkiss PRP Wines International Rick and Lisa Houska Radio Comm Ms. Geraldine Hufker and Ms. Ms. Jeanie Ransom Celeste A. Ruwwe Red Wolf Coalition, Inc. Ms. Darla Iglehart Ms. Gail F. Reissen Joe’s Affordable Tree Service Ms. Sherry Richardson Mr. Floyd Johnson Mr. Brad Richmond Jophie Mr. Jason Rhodes Ms. Sharon A. Juenemann and Ms. Mr. Joe Robertson and Kathryn Juenemann Ms. Jen Phillips Ms. Daphne Kampinga Ms. Lisa Rose Endangered Wolf Center’s team members presented at the Newman’s Own Mr. Dennie Keithley Major James C. Runk (Ret) and Foundation Headquarters and personally thanked them for their support. Mr. Thad James and Lt. Col. Kathy H. Runk (Ret) Peabody United Way – Mr. Allen Casey Ms. Kathy T. King Sachs Electric CSR Services Chandler Hill Vineyards Mr. and Mrs. Paul Kipp Saint Louis Zoo Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Kellow Ms. Judith Ciegel Kokopelli Assisted Reproductive Ms. Laura Seiler Services Pfizer Foundation Matching Gifts The Clark Academy of Irish Dance Mr. Bill Sharpless Ms. Kathy Kramer Forster Program Ms. Patricia L. Clarke Shaw Nature Reserve Krey Distributing Anonymous Clayton Pilates Studio, LLC Mr. Michael D. Sherman Land O’Lakes Purina Feed LLC Ms. Patricia O’Donnell Aidan Coste Ms. Cynthia A. Simmons Las Palmas Dr. Mike Crecelius Mr. and Mrs. William T. Skaggs Prudential Foundation Matching laurie solet Gifts Program The Cup Ms. Donna Smallwood Lazy River Grill Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Williams Daisy Scouts Mr. Sean Sprague Little O’s Soda Shop Mr. Tony DeBello Mrs. Caryn St. Clair Scottrade Inc. Local Harvest Grocery The DeBruin Family St. Louis American Association of Ms. Joanne Wilken Lohr Distributing Company Dillards Zoo Keepers Lolly’s Place Timken Co. Charitable and Emily Djurasinovic Star Clipper Education Fund Mr. Michael Lozano Ms. Doreen The Straube Family Mr. Dan Welcheck Mr. Jacob Macdonald Mr. Douglas Shawn Steele Mangia Italiano UnitedHealth Group United Drury Inns, Inc. Ms. Michelle Steinmeyer Ms. Susan Marino Giving Campaign Mr. Kyle Dunda Mr. and Mrs. Doug Stone Ms. Nancy Marron Ms. Gena Drake Edg Clif Farms & Vineyard First Capitol Trading Ms. Tammy L. Martin and Ms. Heather Judd Escape On Main Sugarfire Mr. Robert Forstot Ms. Erin O’Brien Eureka Rental LLC Sweetology Ms. Angelena Mathes Ms. Amy Wathen Feather Craft Fly Fishing TCR Coatings Ms. Stephanie McIntosh First Capitol Trading Ted Drewes Frozen Custard MANY THANKS FOR DONATING Dr. Rhiannon C. McKnight Mr. Steve Thomas MATERIALS AND SERVICES Ms. Diana Forbes Ms. Reneé L. Meier Trueman’s Place A Gathering Place Massage Therapy Mr. Jim Ford Mr. and Mrs. Charles Meyers Tyson Research Center Ms. Diane L. Abney Ms. Michelle Forquer Mr. and Mrs. Paul Meyers Urban Feed and Supply Carolyn Alcorn Mr. and Mrs. Dave Forquer Middendorf Meats Quality Foods Ms. Leslie Valdez American Heritage Scouts Dr. Barry Fox and Ms. Ginny Nye Mission Taco Ms. Paige Walker Amigos Cantina Ms. Deb Frank Missouri Botanical Garden Lee C. Walters Anonymous Ms. Lisa French Missouri Department of Ms. Amy Wathen Are We There Yet? LLC Fresh Thyme Farmer’s Market Transportation The Webb Family Dr. Cheryl S. Asa G & W Sausage Mr. and Mrs. Travis Mossotti Ms. Diane L. Weber and Mr. Ethan Beckner Ms. Marguerite Garrick Ms. Heather Mulder Mr. David R. Nemerov Mr. Tim Belleville Mr. Matt Garvey and Mr. Jeffery Myers Ms. Robin Murray Ms. Patricia Weigel Mr. and Mrs. Don Berra Narwhal’s Crafted Urban Ice Gateway Arch Ms. Rita Weltner Bike Stop Cafe Nature Valley Gateway Digital Press Ms. Sandra L. White Bill and Dan’s Transmission Mr. Luke Nauman Genentech, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Matt Wider Ms. Wendy Birmingham and Ms. Lisa Nelson Dr. Mary Noel George Mr. Paul Wike Ms. Lori L. Schmoll Nestle Purina PetCare Company Gina Ms. Sharon S. Wilkie Mrs. Ruth Ann Bizoff Mr. and Mrs. Roger Niermann Girl Scout Troop 3173 Ms. Kim Winkler Blue Iguana Mr. Robert O’Reilly Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri, Ms. Diane Woepke Mr. Glen Boggs Ms. Francis Ortiz Troop 2246 Mr. Chad S. Wunsch Bravo! West County Mr. and Mrs. Tim O’Shaughnessy Got Pet ential LLC Brio Tuscan Grille P.F. Chang’s Grant’s Farm Dr. and Mrs. Matthew Broom Park Avenue Coffee Ms. Jenny Capelotti Graybar

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Event Sponsor: An Anonymous Family August A. Busch III Charitable Trust Half-Time Sponsor: Suzy and Beau Brauer Team Sponsors: An Outdoors Gala Worthy of the Steve and Kimmy Brauer Hager Companies Animals We Save Sponsors: Paul Ardekani, AIG Funds n Saturday, August 25, 2018 the Everyone enjoyed being a part of the Suzy and Beau Brauer O Endangered Wolf Center hosted the fun and excitement of world-class polo Steve and Kimmy Brauer area’s most popular Polo Classic benefit as the area’s top players squared off Bravo! Cucina Italiana at the scenic McGehee Polo Field in in this “Sport of Kings” event. Sideline The Commerce Trust Company Chesterfield. attractions included the Bubble Jeremiah and Marjorie Dellas Bus, Torch the Clydesdale, photo Scott and Carolyn Dolan With a convenient new Chesterfield opportunities, a champagne toast, and Duggan Contracting Corporation location, a variety of relaxed viewing and the popular halftime divot stomp. Grey Eagle Distributing reserved table arrangements in a garden Al and Julia Hammerman lounge provided by Kirkwood Gardens Thanks to the St. Louis Polo Club for Harvest Plaza Animal Hospital and St. Charles Animal Hospital and Growing Green, and a special catered their partnership, making it possible for INFICON us to raise approximately $98,000 to meal created by Executive Chef Kara Steve and Betsey Johnson-Foxbrook Sullivan of Flavor 360, the EWC Polo benefit the EWC’s mission of preserving Farm Classic was the summer’s premier event critically endangered Mexican wolves, Krey Distributing for families, friends, business colleagues, red wolves, foxes and other canids. (If Sally and Nick Kriegel and sports fans of all ages. We thank the anyone would like to help us round the Lohr Distributing Fox Family for constructing a gorgeous total up to $100,000, we welcome your Nothing Bundt Cakes display for photo opportunities, Bravo! call at 636-938-9306!) We especially The Ryan Tradition-Coldwell Banker Gundaker Tuscan Grille and Texas Roadhouse for thank Smith and Janet McGehee for Russell and Katherine Schamburg providing delicious Bar-B-Q sandwiches hosting this event, and we are truly Jay and Sharlla Smith and vegetarian dishes for the general grateful to everyone that attended, made Stange Law Firm public, and Nothing Bundt Cakes for a donation and spread the enthusiasm in Texas Roadhouse treating all of our guests to personal order to make this event a huge success! Eugene J. Tichacek Family Trust cakes as a special dessert. Vet Stop Animal Clinic

Katherine and Russell Schamburg

The Beckmann Family

Sandra Van Trease, Tracy Pica, Shy Patel and Virgil Van Trease Jordon Young, Lynne Knop, David Blakely and Marjorie Dellas 19 Non-Profit Organization U.S. Postage P.O. Box 760 Eureka, MO 63025 PAID 636-938-5900 Eureka, MO www.endangeredwolfcenter.org Permit No. 4

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The Winnick Family Foundation sponsored this Mexican wolf puppy named Benny, helping him to reach the wild and become part of a new family pack.