Spring 2013

Our Mission: IN THIS ISSUE: What’s new and what’s ahead. To preserve and protect Mexican gray wolves, red Pages 2-3 wolves and other wild canid species, with purpose A healthy planet needs wolves. and passion, through carefully managed breeding, Pages 4-5 reintroduction and inspiring education programs. Remembering founder Carol Perkins. Page 10 1 Executive Director’s message The past year saw many changes. Among the highlights:

Dear Friends of the Tours and events: A big thank you must Endangered Wolf Center, go to The JCo, John 2013 Events The daytime tour was revamped and renamed the Preda-Tour, Dallman Construction, offering a 90-minute mix of education and firsthand viewing It’s been just over a year since I and Elaine Swanger of the five species at the Center: Mexican gray wolves, red became the Executive Director at the Designs for all of wolves, maned wolves, African painted dogs and swift foxes. Endangered Wolf Center, and I can’t their help and pro- June 15: Preda-Tours are offered Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, and tell you how excited I am to be a bono support. Our are supplemented by private tours and special opportunities part of such a wonderful, important Charity Polo Match classroom now has a offered Wednesdays through Sundays. Those include enrichment organization. I would like to take this sense of place, which experiences, keeper training experiences, special-access photo opportunity to introduce myself, and June 17–20: invites our guests and VIP tours, and Keeper for a Day programs. to highlight a few exciting changes that Summer Wolf Camp to stay longer and have taken place and more that are on The evening Campfire Wolf Howls were also revised, offering a enjoy snacks and the the horizon. June 26–29: children’s reading nook, Virginia Busch 90-minute program of education and entertainment, and the opportunity to hear and howl with the wolves. Campfire Howls and to visit the Celeste I’ve lived in St. Louis all of my life, Teacher Open Houses take place every Thursday, Friday and Saturday, except for two Ruwwe Gift Shop. attending Community School, John Burroughs and Washington University. nights a month when Wine & Cheese Wolf Howls for adults I have deep roots in St. Louis and, as part of the Busch family, have July 8–11: are substituted. (All tours and campfires take a break in April always had a connection to wildlife and animals through SeaWorld and Enclosure Summer Wolf Camp and May for puppy season.) The Center even held a romantic Busch Gardens — the two flagship brands of the former Anheuser-Busch enhancements: Wine & Chocolate Wolf Howl for Valentine’s Day. The evening Adventure Park family — along with Grant’s Farm. July 22–25: schedule can be viewed on our Events Calendar at www. Last year, with a Working on behalf of wildlife and wild places has been a passion I’ve pursued Summer Wolf Camp endangeredwolfcenter.org generous donation since childhood. After graduation, I spent eight years as the spokesperson from Pittsburgh Pipe in St. Louis and volunteer Brad Richmond, and conservation ambassador for SeaWorld and Busch Gardens, as well as Sept. 28: we were able to install large tunnels in our African painted dog Special events: habitat and in Anna’s (Mexican gray wolf) habitat. The wolves President of the non-profit SeaWorld & Busch Gardens Conservation Fund. Wolf Fest Family is very important to me, so the opportunity to channel this passion The past year saw a repeat of many cherished activities, including use the tunnels to run through, hide in, play, get shade in the summer or sun themselves in the winter. The keepers love through a company my great-great-grandfather helped found was, simply Nov. 2: Wolf Fest, Members’ Day, Holiday Boutique, the Volunteer put, awesome. Appreciation Dinner, Midnight Howl 5K Run and Trivia Night. hiding enrichment in the tunnels and on top of them. Members’ Day As President, I awarded grants to organizations that brought innovative, The inaugural Charity Polo Match held June 16 at Billy Busch’s Volunteers from the Center and the American Association community-based ideas and solutions to issues where human-animal Nov. 8: polo complex in New Melle, Mo. was very successful in raising of Zoo Keepers have helped repair erosion in some of the enclosures, some of which are 42 years old. We also received conflict existed. Let’s face it, especially for wolves, being wild is hard. Our Midnight Howl 5K Run funds and introducing new prospects to the Center. About 500 goal is not just to reintroduce these magnificent animals into the wild, people attended. All of the vendors that participated did an donations of two new equipment sheds from Home Depot and Ann Jackson. but to set them up for success once they get there. Under my leadership, Dec. 7: incredible job contributing unique services and products for our Center will continue to explore such win-win solutions with partner our guests. organizations on behalf of wolves. Holiday Boutique The Center also launched a new Speakers Series with experts Native gardens partnership: Having left the Fund to start a family of my own, I always kept a connection Dec. 10: in wildlife conservation. The Speaker Series has included Missouri Nature Scapes, Missouri Wildflowers Nursery, Shaw to wildlife and their welfare, serving as National Council Member for the Volunteer Holiday Potluck two visits from Greg Rasmussen, founder of the Painted Dog Nature Reserve, Home Depot, Kirkwood Material Supply and World Wildlife Fund, as a board member for Fauna and Flora International, Conservation project in Zimbabwe, and a visit by Matt Lewis of Complete Tree Service joined forces with us to create three the St. Louis Zoo and a committee member for the National Geographic the World Wildlife Fund. native gardens (shade, partial shade and full sun) to help teach Society Council of Advisors. But I have to say, nothing has excited me more our visitors about the beautiful plant life native to Missouri. than the opportunity I have with the Endangered Wolf Center. With a rich history behind us and ambitious goals ahead, I’ll be counting on your For more Our logo: Planting native species is important to maintaining a healthy support more than ever. Our logo got a refresh in 2012. The new logo keeps with the ecosystem. It cuts down on the spread of invasive plants and information feel of the old logo while contemporizing it. The family theme foreign diseases. It also helps wildlife like songbirds, monarch Soon you will see more changes, including new office space and an of parent and pups was pulled out even more to highlight our butterflies and mammals that depend on these plants for enhanced website. My vision is to raise the bar for the Endangered on events, or key mission at the Center: reproduction. Additionally, the font shelter and food. If you are interested in learning more about Wolf Center on all fronts — awareness, quality, education — creating was brought up to date, and overall the logo was simplified so setting up a native garden in your own backyard, check out an engaging destination for families and wildlife lovers to enjoy, and a to make a that the Center could utilize it across different mediums. Thank missourinaturescapes.com. successful program to help wolves survive and thrive in the wild places of you to Authentus Group and Elaine Swanger Designs for their this world we all share. reservation, call guidance and help with this endeavor. 636-938-5900. Our staff: Executive Director Virginia Busch and the Board of Directors Our classroom: created a new organizational structure, with separate directors The Endangered Wolf Center classroom, or more fondly known of Animal Care, Development and Operations. The Center Sincerely, as the Igloo, badly needed a new look—in spring 2012, when currently has 15 staff members, and is working to recruit and Virginia Busch the Center closed for puppy season, we updated the Classroom train new volunteers to increase the ranks of an already strong to feel like an underground den with some whimsical license. volunteer network.

2 3 conservation news Yellowstone is a Painted dog prime example partners of restoring a African painted dogs have Wolves are vital to helped forge a partnership between the Endangered Wolf healthy balance Center and an organization half a world away in a healthy ecosystem of nature Zimbabwe. Virginia Busch and Greg Rasmussen BY REGINA MOSSOTTI, DIRECTOR OF ANIMAL CARE AND CONSERVATION African painted dogs (Lycaon pictus)—also known as African wild dogs, cape hunting dogs or painted wolves—are a critically endangered canid that is native to sub-Sahara Africa. It’s Gray wolves (Canis lupus) were recently removed from the puppies as a family. I’ll admit such behavior probably wouldn’t and created habitat for amphibians and endangered estimated that this once ubiquitous species now has only between protection of the Endangered Species Act because their make for a good Hollywood thriller, but it’s the very reason fish like the steelhead trout. And even elk, the primary 3,000 to 5,000 individuals left. population numbers had improved in many areas, which in this species has been revered in so many cultures throughout prey for wolves, benefited too: The wolves helped and of itself is a good thing and should be the goal of every history. Perhaps if more people understood the complexities remove the sick, old and weak and created a stronger, Painted dogs are one of the most social animals, always needing recovery project (we joke at the Endangered Wolf Center that of the animal and their role as a keystone species in the healthier herd. to be close to one another. They are also one of the most effective our mission is to put ourselves out of a job.) Their removal, ecosystems they inhabit, there would be less debate over their hunters, successful close to 70 percent of the time. In comparison, however, also means that their management moves from the intrinsic “value.” Another unforeseen benefit to wolves returning has gray wolves are successful only 10 percent of the time. federal government to state governments. As a result, states been economical. According to the Sierra Club, almost The painted dog is an important part of the ecosystem and the such as Idaho, Montana and Wyoming have opened up a wolf Most Americans have lived for generations without the wolf 60 percent of visitors in the winter specifically traveled Endangered Wolf Center is dedicated to conserving this species. hunting season. and other large carnivores in their proverbial backyards, thanks to Yellowstone to see wolves. According to the same in large part to the nation’s history of predator management. article, those visitors spent $35.5 million in the tri-state Our conservation efforts include education, breeding, research Many in the scientific and conservation communities have Unfortunately, ecology is a relatively new field of study, and area surrounding Yellowstone. and partnerships with organizations working to protect the watched with trepidation as the hunters have started to early Americans did not understand what kind of consequences species in the field. Painted Dog Conservation group (PDC) is “manage” the fledgling population, wondering: Should wolves be predator control would have on the landscape. Despite the obvious ecological and perhaps less one of our favorite partners. subjected to a hunting season so soon after being removed from obvious economical benefits to the wolf’s return, the The group was founded by Greg Rasmussen in Zimbabwe in 1992. federal protection? Should they be hunted at all? Whichever side Populations of hoofed animals such as elk and deer started to debate continues over the wolf’s intrinsic value to In the late 1980s, nearly 95 percent of painted dog mortalities of the wolf management debate you land on might depend on rise because no predators were there to keep their numbers in the American landscape, and so too continues the were caused by humans, either through gunshot, snares, or how you answer a much deeper question: What is the “value” of check. In a place like Yellowstone, this rise had a visible effect management efforts under way in many states. cars. These animals in the wild are generally thought of as a a wolf? on the surrounding landscape. Elk numbers grew and they started to eat the vegetation down to the dirt. Without this For now, those of us in the scientific and conservation nuisance and struck on highways without a second thought. Over the course of the 20th and 21st centuries, the American important vegetation, many other species started to disappear, communities might be best served doing what we do Indirect human-caused mortalities also took a toll: habitat loss, mindset has consistently shifted to a more moderate, including song birds, butterflies, insects, amphibians, fish and best: collect data, publish findings, voice informed population fragmentation, and even diseases such as rabies and conservation-minded approach to the preservation of our small mammals. opinions, continue to create sound, logical arguments distemper spread by domestic dogs. Interestingly, the above environment and the inhabitants of its various ecosystems. But as to why these animals are important to all of us in conflicts and issues were historically what led the gray wolf to wolves and other large predators have continually struggled to Doug Smith, the project leader for the Yellowstone Wolf Project, the country, and hope that the management programs massive extirpation 100 years ago. These same issues still affect gain a foothold. Much of their struggle has had to do with human was there when the first wolves were released in 1995 and saw won’t undo the progress that’s been made in restoring all species of North American wolves and many canids worldwide. encroachment into traditional wilderness areas. But a lingering firsthand the landscape before and after the wolf’s return. In a so many ecosystems throughout this great country. Greg has twice visited the Endangered Wolf Center to speak to part of their struggle has also had to do with a deep-seated recent interview I conducted via email, I asked him to describe its staff, members and volunteers, in October 2012 and again in cultural fear of predators, specifically wolves. the changes with their return: March 2013. Individuals who have spent even a modest time studying wolves SMITH: Certainly areas (along streams and rivers) look The Painted Dog Conservation group employs clever methods to marvel at the complex structure and behavior of the pack. lusher on the northern range. I mean, most of them didn’t work with the local community to offer alternative methods for I have seen packs in the wild and in managed care take in a have a willow stem that had not been eaten completely by sustainable livelihoods that complement the PDC’s efforts. For new member, share meals, groom each other, play and raise elk. Now, there are some stems eaten, but many that have example, it has employed locals to go out and confiscate illegal released and are taller. These supply habitat for song birds, snare wire. Snares are often set to catch small game such as beavers, etc. In fact, when I was out flying recently counting impala. This meat can be consumed or sold on the black market beavers, I could see that they have increased dramatically bush meat trade. Snares also catch unintended prey such as on the northern range since wolf reintroductions. I counted African painted dogs. The confiscated snares are brought back to one colony in 1996 and now there are over 10! I would also the PDC’s art center where local artists design snare art and sell say that the scavenger community (foxes, eagles, ravens, them to raise funds for conservation efforts. These unique and magpies) parkwide seems to be doing better. beautiful art pieces can be found in the Endangered Wolf Center’s gift shop. The proceeds from the art help the PDC and the Center.

Yellowstone National Park has become the example of what The Endangered Wolf Center has also partnered with the painted an ecosystem looks like when balance is returned. Once the dog organization on a community outreach program. They are wolves returned, the elk numbers lowered to a healthy carrying starting a soccer league with the local community, organized by capacity and the elk started to move more because they had the PDC and sponsored by the Center. This program is designed to be more wary of predators. The wolves’ presence forced elk to connect members of the community to the PDC staff and help to nibble a little and move on (almost like pruning) instead of create a bond promoting education and empowering members grazing an area to dirt. of the community to think twice before setting wildlife snares or poaching painted dogs. The Endangered Wolf Center is currently The change in elk numbers and grazing patterns allowed trees collecting soccer uniforms, shorts, soccer balls and goalie to be replaced, which in turn gave beavers materials for home gloves donated by individuals and by Marquette High School in building; beaver dams created pools, which attracted waterfowl Chesterfield, Mo., to send to the program.

4 5 leaders of the pack Gifts received Jan. 1, 2012–Aug. 31, 2012

Alpha Packmates Mr. Cyrus H. Lyle Jr. Miss Allison Heim Earl Grothman Sr. Memberships Pack Members ($45) Ms. Nellie M. Duke Mr. Robert F. Scherrer (Contributions $100,000 +) Ms. Elaine Majerus Ms. Emily Ervin Mr. and Mrs. Gregg Ruppel Ms. Brenda Avery Extra Virgin, an Olive Ovation Shaw Nature Reserve Sister Madonna Buder Mr. and Mrs. Peter M. Ossorio Mrs. Patricia Heim New and Upgrading Members Mr. and Mrs. Lee Brendel Firestone St. Louis Cardinals August A. Busch III Charitable Mr. and Mrs. Richard Renner Dr. and Mrs. Michael M. Lohuis Geoffrey Harris Our wild canids give a big Mr. Robert Burress Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse and St. Louis Rams Trust Schnucks eScrip Community Card Mr. and Mrs. Brandan P. Mueller Mrs. Stephanie Harris “Howl of Recognition” to our Ms. Claudine Chastain and Wine Bar Ms. Lee S. Streett Dr. Ann K. Miller Ms. Sondra Schol and Mr. and Mrs. Keith F. Petti new members and current Mr. Joel Hollinger Fox and Hound Verde Kids Mr. Eric Johnson The Schwartz Family Arlene Kirssin members who have increased Mr. and Mrs. John Cox Mr. Kurt Gerber Veterinary Imaging Specialists African Painted Dog Ms. Chelsea Shure and John and Tracy Shuman Mr. Jeff Kirssin their support to the Center. Mr. Brandon Culver Glow Salon and Med Spa Mr. and Mrs. Peter Von Gontard Packmates Mr. Andy Lientz Mr. and Mrs. Bernie Squitieri Members whose names appear Mr. Tony DeBello Mr. and Mrs. Jonathon Green Ms. Elizabeth Vreeland (Contributions $25,000-$99,999) St. Charles Animal Hospital and Don Mack in bold have increased their Ms. Jeri Devereaux Grey Eagle Distributors, Inc. Ms. Linda Walsh and Beckmann Charitable Fund Clinic, P.C. Gary and Linda Johnson Ms. Judith Portnoy support to the EWC. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Douthit Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hagedorn Ms. Joyce Spurgin Ms. Lovelle Gibson Washington University in St. Mr. and Mrs. Matthew F. McCall Ms. Kaye Campbell-Hinson Ms. Paula Eaton Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Halbach Ms. Sharon Weber The Dorothy D. and Joseph A. Louis-School of Medicine and Mr. Phil Hinson Pack Keeper ($250) Mr. and Mrs. Joshua A. Ferguson Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Haynes Mr. Chad S. Wunsch Moller Foundation Ms. Anissa Weed Ms. Victoria Le Ms. Linda Walsh and Mr. Josh Bauer and Mr. and Mrs. Stephen D. Fieseler Hilton St. Louis at the Ballpark Mr. Paul Zemitzsch Mr. and Mrs. David York Mr. Edward Lazzarin Ms. Joyce Spurgin Mr. Zack Bauer Ms. Kaitlyn Held The Home Depot Mexican Gray Wolf Ms. Meg Mindlin Mr. and Mrs. Peter Durso Ms. Olga Hunt Rick and Lisa Houska Matching Gifts received from: Packmates Puppy Packmates Izzy Hoffer Wolf C. Nielsen Mr. Bill Wheeler Ms. Michelle Justinen Ms. Geraldine Hufker and Ms. (Contributions $10,000-$24,999) (Contributions $250-$499) Mr. and Mrs. Jay Kanerva Ulla, Michael and Karen Scott Ms. Dawn Kelly Celeste Ruwwe Covidien Employee Matching The Gaea Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Mehmet Altin Mr. Jay Longendyke Adopt-A-Wolf ($125) Mr. and Mrs. Gene LaBarge Mr. and Mrs. Russ Humphrey Gift Program Hailand Charitable Trust Mrs. Mary Ann Amsinger Mr. Alex Portnoy Shawn Patrick Ryan Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel Anderson Mr. and Mrs. Steve Marsh Indelible Images arranged by Laura E. Andrew Ms. E. Ann Jackson Mr. Craig Austin Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Bruno Mr. Richard Beckman Ms. Molly A. Miller Mr. Larry W. Jewell and Jon Kontio The Donald Slavik Family Mr. Giles A. Blair Ms. Lynne Moeller Ms. Helen Feeherty Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Beeman Mr. and Mrs. Scott Miller Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Johnson Foundation Mr. Eric Bloemker Mr. and Mrs. Matthew F. McCall Ms. Kristine Feeherty Ms. Kimberly Bennett Ms. Valerie Mollet Kirkwood Material Supply Energizer’s Matching Mr. Jay Smith Mr. Stephan K. Bryan Mr. Keith L. Krebeck Mr. Collin Berra Ms. Isabella Peterson Mr. and Mrs. Chris Kostman Gifts Program Ms. Kaye Campbell-Hinson and Mr. Ralph Pfremmer Ashlyn, McKenna and Mr. and Mrs. Don Berra Mr. Richard Pikey Krey Distributing arranged by Russell A. Red Wolf Packmates Mr. Phil Hinson Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Bland Kendall Maes Ms. Jasmine Bouckaert Mr. Stephen Sagarra Mr. C. Stephen Kriegh and Schamburg (Contributions $5,000-$9,999) Ms. Rachel Carter Tim and Marcy Rutledge Ms. Marcia E. Ryan Mr. Michael Cardenas-Salad Ms. Sara E. Salley Dr. Pamella S. Gronemeyer Caleb C. & Julia W. Dula Ms. Judith Ciegel Ms. Rebecca Scudder Mr. and Mrs. Steve Chapin Mr. Benjamin Sanders Lohr Distributing Company ExxonMobil Foundation Educational & Charitable Mrs. Jo Anna Dale Mrs. Mary Ratz Ms. Elizabeth A. Seifert Ms. Lauren Colbert Mr. William Sites Longhorn Steakhouse arranged by Elliotte M. Harold Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Peter Durso Mr. John L. Fayart Mr. and Mrs. Dan Staggenborg Ms. Deborah Coleman Mr. and Mrs. Kurt Sobush Mr. and Mrs. Charles Meyers EarthShare of Missouri Mr. George Farrell and Dr. Mike Crecelius Ms. Claire P. Taylor Mr. and Mrs. Paul Meyers GE Foundation Ms. Joan M. Gossin Ms. Wendy Knudsen-Farrell Ms. Celeste Ruwwe Greg Schaedler Mr. Cody Darnell Ms. Sarah Tschoepe Missouri Nature Scapes arranged by The Winnick Family Foundation Mr. Lynn Fee Ms. Pamela K. Dauphin Ms. Geraldine Schmidt Ms. Emily Davinroy Mr. and Mrs. Matthew D. Weber Missouri Wildflowers Nursery Raymond A. Wedlake Ms. Renea L. Harbert Ms. Tristan Davis Ms. Patti D. Wecke Mr. Mark C. Nauman Maned Wolf Packmates Mr. and Mrs. John J. Hogan Mr. and Mrs. Andy Smith Cooper Schol-Johnson Mr. John Easton Ms. Danett Williams Nayak Plastic Surgery & Avani IBM Corporation (Contributions $1,000-$4,999) Rick and Lisa Houska Mr. and Mrs. Matthew F. McCall Ms. Sondra Schol and Mr. Daniel Gallegos Mr. Steve Winter Day Spa arranged by Barbara R. Steps Anonymous (2) Mr. and Mrs. Keith Kambak Mr. Eric Johnson Ms. Amal Ghulam Ms. Jennifer Zelch Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Nichols Mrs. Sharon L. Greenberg Mr. and Mrs. Paul Kipp Ms. Rachel Summers Mr. and Mrs. Don Goldacker Olive Garden Italian Restaurant Monsanto Fund Ms. Jane E. Habbegger Mrs. Alisa Lau-Sieckman Ms. Erin Kruse Thomas Schwarze Mrs. Barbara Harris Bequests Panera arranged by Cynthia L. LaBanca Hecker Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. David A. Lukens Ms. Carolyn J. Cottrell Mr. Jeremy Harry Ms. Lovelle Gibson Petropolis Mrs. Sally Higgins Maixner, Maixner & Company Mr. David Whitecotton Ms. Andrea S. Walshauser Mr. Jim Hoene Dr. Ann K. Miller Pfoodman Pfizer Foundation Matching Ms. Geraldine Hufker and Ms. Susan Mercer Todd and Aimee Williams & Ms. Barbara Y. Wilson Mr. and Mrs. Michael Horsey Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Pfremmer Gifts Program Ms. Celeste Ruwwe Mr. and Mrs. Gordon N. Meyer Family Ms. Kelly Hudson Many thanks for donating Pittsburgh Pipe arranged by Patricia O’Donnell The Joseph and Catherine Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Mitchell Howard Secks Mr. Dustin LaGarce materials and services! Saint Louis County Police Johnson Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Travis Mossotti Willy Mrs. Kathleen Secks Mrs. Donna R. McCall Department Rabo AgriFinance Mr. C. Stephen Kriegh and Mr. Joseph F. Mudrovic Mr. Joe Honor Ms. Meg Mindlin Mr. and Mrs. Bob Ahrens Saint Louis Zoo arranged by Caroline Depue Dr. Pamella S. Gronemeyer Ms. M. Annette Muenter John Stillwell Mr. and Mrs. Jim Perkins Mrs. Mary Ann Amsinger Mr. and Mrs. Jeffery M. Saxton Mr. and Mrs. Paul Meyers Mr. Gus Nelson Donations in Memory of: Mr. and Mrs. Alan N. Birk Ms. Christina Perrin Anheuser-Busch Mr. and Mrs. William L. Rogers Mr. and Mrs. Tim O’Shaughnessy Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Burbes Ms. Sarah L. Phelps Anonymous Mrs. Ann Still Mr. Shy Patel Jim Buffaloe Johann and Family Dusty Post Dr. Cheryl S. Asa Mrs. Linda Straubinger Ms. Deborah Patterson Mr. and Mrs. Roger Richardson Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Schlueter Ms. Joyce Pyatt Ellen V. Barrios Cdr. and Mrs. Mark Suycott USN Mrs. Doris Perry Ms. Amy Zvorak Mr. Scot Randle BEHR Process Corporation (ret.) Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Pfremmer Mr. John Rocco Ms. Wendy Birmingham and Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Tekotte Dr. and Mrs. Nolan B. Pitsinger Robert Critchell Louise VanDuzer Mr. Alan Schiller (2) Ms. Lori Schmoll Mr. Andrew Von Gontard Mr. Devon C. Rosenfeld Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Cassimatis Ms. Anita Branch Ms. Leona Slover Blanche M. Touhill Performing Mr. and Mrs. Robert Zagaroli Mr. Alan Schiller Ms. Deborah DeMicelli Ms. Shannon Sofian Arts Center St. Louis American Association of Ms. Rachel Gentry Bob Von Gorres Mr. and Mrs. Vince Tappel Brio Tuscan Grille Swift Fox Packmates Zoo Keepers Ms. Margaret Hildebrand Ms. Maryann Widmann and VTSA Veterinary Technician Broadway Oyster Bar (Contributions $500-$999) Mr. and Mrs. Gus Weinstock Mr. and Mrs. James Korn Ms. Jeri Wickham Student Association (2) Brunswick Zone Mr. and Mrs. Alan W. Akerson Mr. Bill Wheeler Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Kuechler Mr. and Mrs. Doug Winkelman Mr. August A. Busch III Mr. Thomas A. Altwies Mr. and Mrs. M. Lanier Woodrum Diana, Howard and Nelson Wolf Ms. Kim Winkler Mr. and Mrs. Steven Busch Anonymous (2) Virginia Kuhnell Bryan Cave LLP-ART Team and Mr. and Mrs. Harrison L. Church Mr. and Mrs. Van-Lear Black, III Honor/Memorial Mr. and Mrs. Tony Lafata Litigation Support Family Pack ($90) Ms. Judith Ciegel Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Coffey Contributors List Mr. and Mrs. Dave Plummer Ms. Courtney H. Carpenter Ms. Cindi Blanke The Clark Academy of Irish Mr. and Mrs. Leo A. Drey Mr. and Mrs. Philip R. Quinn Mr. Charles Meyer Mr. and Mrs. William Horn Dance Dr. A. Lee Eavy Donations in Honor of: Ms. Christine Rancilio Ms. Jackie Kirkwood Ms. Patricia L. Clarke Mr. and Mrs. James R. Elsesser Jr. Paul Graves Ms. Deb Schmidt Mr. and Mrs. Frank Niebruegge Complete Tree Service of Mr. R. E. Essen Danielle Cannonie Ms. Kim Winkler Ms. Joanne Strauss Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Otto St. Louis Harvest Plaza Animal Hospital Mr. Stuart Skaggs Ms. Eileen Weiss Dr. and Mrs. Daniel Schlesinger Ms. Pamela K. Dauphin Mr. and Mrs. James Lundsted Dogfish Custom Graphic Apparel

6 The Endangered Wolf Center makes every effort to acknowledge all gifts received and to maintain accurate records. 7 Join the Pack Today! We’re making it Easy How will the program meet our pack Contribute to the possibilities of with a NEW Monthly work? Donors may call tomorrow. Join a growing group Giving Program! 636-938-5900 today to of people dedicated to wildlife enroll. In the very near preservation through your Small steps make big gifts! future, the website membership gift today. We heard you and we’re will also offer this responding to the many uniquely convenient Yes, I want to support and save the wolves with requests for a monthly donation solution. If my membership gift of: donation program. The you’d like to learn more Endangered Wolf Center is or have questions, our Basic Membership Levels proud to report that we have development staff would q $50 Friend of EWC ($5/month) partnered with Caring Habits love to speak with you. Includes free Preda-Tour for 2, a member Inc. 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The than one lump sum,” said Schnucks or call us at Tour for 6 one provided by Home Depot 636-938-5900 and we’ll q $500 Wolf Guardian ($42/month) Rachel Broom, Director will be used to store important of Development. mail one to you. When Includes all of the above plus a beautiful tools that help us take care you register via phone photo book of the wolves’ habitats. Our q This new program is being or online, choose the $1,000 Alpha Member ($84/month) second shed, donated by Ann Includes all of the above plus a free VIP made possible through Endangered Wolf Center Animal Interaction Tour for 6 Jackson, will be used to safely the generous spirit of the as your charity recipient, keep building materials and Sutcliffe family, whose insight then present your card Payment Information: wood, which are used to build was invaluable during the to the cashier during q Enclosed is a check or money order payable to den boxes and other structures developmental stages of the checkout. Schnucks will the Endangered Wolf Center. at the Endangered Wolf Center. idea. “We wanted to find a donate up to 3 percent of q Please charge $______to my q MasterCard q way to share our love of the your purchase at NO cost VISA q American Express q Discover Sandy and Tim O’Shaughnessy Ashley Rearden Contributions by additional Center through a recurring to you! Account Number: ______donors during our annual Education Coordinator gift. It is our hope that this Sandy and Tim O’Shaughnessy each took a Exp. Date______Security Code: ______fund drive will help us acquire program will offer an even much needed tools and renew day off from their jobs on Friday, March 15. Ashley’s education and work history reads like Signature (as it appears on the card) larger group of people access To do what? To work throughout the day and ______the resources necessary to to giving with convenience,” Legacy Gifts a smorgasbord of experience: keep the animals in our care night as volunteers at Trivia Night 2013. Telephone Number______said Dianne Sutcliffe. safe and healthy. Apache, our We are deeply grateful »» In 2008, she graduated from St. Louis Email______That came after Sandy had spent many days 15-year-old elder statesman for the significant University with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Donors can also rest easy preparing the baskets used that night for the My company, ______will and beloved Mexican gray wolf, commitments our friends Communication. match my contribution. knowing their information is Trivia Night Silent Auction and raffles. has been active in helping raise safe. According to CHI, and supporters make Send via enclosed envelope to: Endangered Wolf »» In 2011, she graduated with a Juris Doctor Center, PO Box 760, Eureka, Mo. 63025 donor awareness. “Your security and privacy are through their estate Not to mention that many of the prizes in the Degree from SLU’s School of Law and Thank you for your support! our top priorities. That’s plans in the form of baskets were donated by Tim and Sandy. passed the Missouri bar exam. Donations of any amount are why CHI is fully compliant bequests or living trusts. happily accepted online, by For information or with the Payment Card The couple is among the most active in »» She’s been an intern at the St. Louis County q Yes, I want to contribute to the possibilities of phone or in the mail. Those that assistance in establishing Industry (PCI) Data Security volunteering at Campfire Wolf Howls. Tim has Counselor’s Office. tomorrow by joining a growing group of people give $75 and over will receive a Standards to ensure that your a legacy that reflects your hosted many Campfire Howls and has told dedicated to wildlife preservation through my 9-in-1 survival tool as our special dedication to wildlife recurring gift! donors’ private information stories, including one he authored. »» She’s been an employee and volunteer at “thank you.” Please see the remains private.” preservation, please call back cover of this newsletter for Rachel at 636-938-5900. Stray Rescue of St. Louis. q I authorize the Endangered Wolf Center to make Tim recently took a break from chopping our website, telephone number the following automatic monthly transfer of wood for our Campfire Howls — by donating »» She’s been a paraprofessional in the and address. $______from my (please check and delivering a load of chopped wood. Windsor C-1 School District in Jefferson one option): County, Mo. q Credit Card/Debit Account (simply fill out credit And Sandy recently brought in a photograph card form) of a robust Bob, the Mexican gray wolf whose Still she wanted something more: q I will set up a monthly bill payment at my bank. Be a Match-Maker taxidermy is preserved in our classroom, to q Checking Account (simply fill out and enclose a She wanted to use her wide range of show visitors to the Center what Bob looked education and experience to do some real check for your first payment) Do you work for a business or Automatic transfers will occur each month on the like with a full winter coat of fur and before his good in the world. After joining the team at corporation that has a matching following day: health declined. the Endangered Wolf Center, she says, she gift program? If so, your gift can be Please check one: q 3rd q 8th believes she’s on that path. As Education matched dollar for dollar or on a 2-to-1 All of us at the Endangered Wolf Center Coordinator, she wants to make a difference clockwise from top left: African Painted This authorization will remain in effect until I or even 3-to-1 basis! Some companies are greatly appreciative of Tim and in the lives of the incredible animals at the Dog, Maned wolf, Swift Fox, Mexican notify the Endangered Wolf Center in writing that I also have a matching gift program for Sandy’s generosity. Center. She is extremely excited to have gray wolf wish to change or stop my contributions. your volunteer hours. To learn more, a part in trying to keep these endangered contact your HR department and help species from extinction. Signature______the Endangered Wolf Center continue its invaluable work on behalf of each Date______animal’s future. 8 9 obituaries

Carol Morse Perkins roger n. richardson Spring Into Pups 1917–2012 1933–2012

Carol Morse Perkins, well-known Roger N. Richardson, a retired educator and conservationist, humanitarian, active volunteer at the Endangered Wolf Center, author, lecturer and photographer, died Nov. 3, 2012, at age 79. Student Poem and the widow of the world famous zoologist Marlin Perkins, died Roger was a passionate teacher and coach. Wolves H F B Q J L W R D L E Z ALPHA on Oct. 20, 2012 at her home in Among places he taught during his 49-year BIRTH Clayton, Mo., after a long illness. teaching career were the Kirkwood and O V I W Y G N I D E E F She was 95 (born May 25, 1917). Parkway School Districts, and the Missouri Beautiful creatures DAD Scholars Academy, Maryville University and the Often hunted by humans W P R O T E C T I N G U DEN “It is with a sad heart that I heard of the passing of Carol Perkins,” said University of Missouri at St. Louis. FAMILY Ginny Busch, Executive Director of the Endangered Wolf Center. “She Majestic canines L U T T A P A N N U F H led a wonderfully full life filled with passion to change the hearts and He joined the Center as a volunteer in 2004 and FEEDING became an active docent, leading many tours minds of people about wildlife and their value to our planet. I am more Howling at the moon I M H L A L E R T G U T HOWLING than proud to work for the organization that she and her late husband and recruiting many new members. HUNTING founded and to continue the legacy of saving the most endangered wolf Walking with its pack N W O C L D P I L N V G in North America.” He helped former Education Director Pamela Looking for some food MOM Braasch develop and deliver the first teacher G E K M B U S H T I X Q PACK Mrs. Perkins traveled worldwide with her husband to film wildlife for workshop at the Center, and through the years lectures, books and television. In 1962, as director of the Saint Louis Zoo, he connected the Center with many teachers. Using strong noses N P T x H E F I A R N W PLAYFUL Marlin Perkins began working on television’s “Mutual of Omaha’s Wild He often represented the Center at education They smell some delicious prey PROTECTING Kingdom.” The program, which won four Emmys, was on the air for 26 and outreach programs. J x F S V E N Y T P D G PUP years until his death in 1986. In his autobiography, “My Wild Kingdom,” Chomp! They caught their food. Marlin Perkins noted that Mrs. Perkins often accompanied him on trips for “Roger was an amazing educator and had the P U P L D G U Y A S A S SPRING ability to ignite a passion in visitors that would the show. “It was always much more fun when she went along,” he wrote. WOLVES leave them with a lasting impression about —By Taylor Wulf, S Z O F A M I L Y L D V YEARLING Mrs. Perkins led dozens of safaris in Africa, Australia, India, Nepal and the EWC and the animals housed there,” said Third-grader at Pond Elementary Sikkim. St. Louis newspapers often reported on those, including a story Pamela, who is now manager of school and Y W T A O T N D Z E P J about her expedition to find diamonds by sifting delta sand dug from public programs and camps at the St. Louis School in Grover, Mo. the bed of a river in Venezuela. Mrs. Perkins founded and served as Science Center. “Time after time, I would get a chairman of the St. Louis Chapter of the Explorers Club, where she was call from someone who went on one of Roger’s named Chairman Emerita. tours and was inspired to help the Center either monetarily or just wanting to give their time as Submit your poem Mrs. Perkins and her husband worked with Washington University in St. a volunteer.” The Center welcomes poetry Scavenger Hunt Louis to found the Wild Canid Survival and Research Center, now known submissions from local grade and The answers to all these questions can be found on high school students for upcoming as the Endangered Wolf Center. The Center, established in 1971, has Roger was born in St. Louis on Aug. 11, 1933. our website, . been responsible for helping save two species of North American wolves He graduated from Beaumont High School, newsletters. Poems should be about www.endangeredwolfcenter.org wolves or nature, and no longer from extinction. Today, red wolves and Mexican gray wolves are living and earned degrees from Mississippi State than a half-page. Selected poets will Questions: free in the wild again thanks to the vision, determination and hard work University and Washington University. get a free tour. Please send poems, of Mrs. Perkins and her husband. with your name, grade and school, to Regina Mossotti, P.O. Box 760, 1. What are the dates of the Summer In 1974 and again in 1977, Carol Perkins was instrumental in organizing Eureka, MO 63025 the first two national symposiums on the status of North American Wolf Camps? endangered species of wildlife. She was the conservation commentator for five years on The Eye-Witness News on KSDK (Channel 5) in St. Louis. 2. Who founded the Center? She received the Distinguished Citizen Award by Alpha Gamma Delta 3. Who is the mother of Abby, one of our sorority for her volunteer work with international wildlife conservation. Mexican gray wolves? From 1974, when she recovered from malignant melanoma, until 1995, she served on the National Board of the American Cancer Society, and 4. What is special about Inapa, one of received its Volunteer of the Year Award. Mrs. Perkins received the 1991 Conservation Medal from the Missouri Daughters of the American our red wolves? Revolution, and an honorary Doctor of Law degree from the College of St. Mary’s in Omaha, Neb. 5. How many pups are in our logo?

Mrs. Perkins was the author of numerous books, including “I Saw You

Two

From Afar,” which relates the story of a personal visit to the Bushmen 5.) She has only three legs three only has She

of the Kalahari Desert in southwest Africa; “The Sound of Boomerangs 4.) Anna

Returning,” which described her observations of the lifestyle of 3.) Marlin and Carol Perkins Carol and Marlin 2.)

June 17–20, July 8–11 and July 22–25 July and 8–11 July 17–20, June Aborigines; and “Little Pierre,“ which tells the story of the star performer 1.)

of the famous Saint Louis Zoo chimpanzee show. PICARON Answers: May 3, 1997-March 1, 2012

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Some animal highlights at the Endangered Wolf Center since the beginning of 2012:

Three swift fox kits—a male, Havoc, and two females, Kimi and Lika— were born over Mother’s Day Weekend 2012. They were the first swift fox births at the Center in 12 years. In January 2013, Kimi was flown to the Cochrane Ecological Institute in Alberta, Canada, where swift foxes are still considered endangered. Kimi will Five Mexican gray wolf brothers, sons of Abby and Perkins, named Luis, participate in the Cimba, Alleno, Atlas and Flint, left the Endangered Wolf Center for their recovery program for new home at the Albuquerque Biological Park. The brothers now have the swift foxes in Canada. chance to help educate people that live near their native habitat.

In October, Wesley and Largo, two 5-year-old male Mexican Dillon joined Sprint, a female gray wolves, were sent to Sevilleta—the U.S. Fish and Wildlife us from the red wolf, arrived Service’s pre-release facility in New Mexico—where they will Kansas City Zoo during the fall of become further acclimated to life in the wild before they are in April 2012, 2012 from Fossil potentially released. They were accompanied by a female becoming our Rim Wildlife Center Mexican gray wolf named Ernesta, who was born at the first female and is paired Endangered Wolf Center in 2008 to Anna before moving to African painted with Scout as a the Brookfield Zoo in Chicago in 2010. dog ever. breeding pair.

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