Activities
According to The Olympian, Wolf Haven International is "one of the top wolf sanctuaries in the country". When the center first opened, it housed 22 wolves. By 1991, it was up to 36 wolves, and in 2006 the 80-acre (320,000 m2) compound housed 47 wolves. Members of the public may visit the Washington refuge and go on guided tours to see the inhabitants. Only basic cameras are allowed on the regular tour, though photographic tours are also offered. During the tours, guests are shown the park, including close-up views of some of the residents. Approximately 20-30,000 visitors tour the facility each year. A variety of wolves are kept in residence, including, gray wolves, Mexican gray wolves, and red wolves. There are also some wolf/domestic-dog hybrids. While wolves generally live 4–9 years in the wild, those at Wolf Haven International have lived to reach 15-19 years of age.
The park also offers "howl-ins" four times during the summer; two in July and two in August. At a howl-in, visitors, sometimes numbering 150 or more in a group, sit around a campfire at night. At their guide's signal, the visitors begin simultaneously imitating wolf howls. The wolves in the park sometimes join in the howling, resulting in the visitors getting to "sing" with the wolves.
Wolf Haven publishes a quarterly magazine, Wolf Tracks, which is distributed to donating members and subscribing businesses. The Winter 2009 issue won an APEX Award for Publication Excellence in the "One-of-a-Kind Scientific & Environmental Publications". In 2006, Wolf Haven was featured as one of Rand McNally's "50 Adventures Within 15 Minutes of Interstate (Interstate 5)."
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