Puppies! - Wolf Park

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Every year, some extremely nice people descend on Wolf Park, offering that
most valuable of resources — their time. Volunteers visit for as little as a few
hours a week to every day; practicums spend a month; and interns, the Park’s
most important resource, generously donate three months of their time. In return,
the Park provides them all with an unparalleled opportunity for both research
and fun, as they interact with the Park wolves, give tours, do landscaping
and repair, exhaust the Park library and talk with the staff.
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Pam Black, former intern, returned this summer to do a stint of puppy
mothering.
Karin Bloch, a long-time volunteer, stopped by for three weeks, making this her
11th year as a puppy mother.
Michelle Brubaker, practicum, currently attends Northern Illinois University,
majoring in art education and working in the Public Opinion Lab, monitoring data
quality and assisting interviewers. She has a passion for collecting vintage coins
and jewelry, and owns a Shih Tzu.
Sheryl Groessl, practicum, is from Michigan, where she attends Michigan State
University, majoring in Psychology. She enjoys music, and listens to a wide
variety of genres. She does not currently have any pets, but she has a lot of
blue shirts.
Stephanie McCracken, intern, attends Ohio State University, majoring in
Animal Sciences. She plays intramural volleyball in her spare time and works as
a kennel technician. She owns a rat, a cat, and a Maltese dog.
Fiona McGovern, intern, is currently attending Northland College in Wisconsin,
majoring in Psychology. She does online graphic design for fun, and has
created many web sites. She owns one cat and a miniature pinscher.
Tracey McSherry, intern, comes from Edinburgh, Scotland, where she pursues
a career as a “wee Scottish female”. She enjoys photography, painting,
drawing, and making stained glass creations, and is learning the Scottish Fiddle.
Christen Jones, intern, is from Missouri, where she is in the pre-veterinary
program at Missouri Southern State College. She has already started an
informal career in animal rescue, and once raised twelve baby ducks all at once.
She owns two dogs and three cats.
Jonathan Raine, a former intern from England, returned for a two-week stay
and helped out.
Kelly Reid, intern, is “a shy American and an outgoing Swede” and has recently
graduated from Rudbeck Gymnasium with a major in Social Sciences. She
believes in honesty and flamingos, enjoys music and Japanese animation, and
owns a Labrador retriever and two cats.
Lara Rutherford, practicum, attends Davis and Elkins College in West Virginia,
majoring in Biology and Psychology. She is the editor of the college’s literary
magazine, Aurora, and co-editor of its student paper, the Senator. She owns
two cats, a dog, and a red fox.
Veronica Sahlen, intern, is a Swede currently living in England, where she
attends University College, London, majoring in biology. She plays on the
University of London Union’s Ladies’ Ice Hockey team, and couldn’t sing to save
her life. She owns six “very sweet” fish.
Jordi Segers, practicum, is from the Netherlands, where he attends the Van
Hall Instituut, majoring in Biology. Already he is displaying remarkable aptitude
(and enthusiasm!) for deer butchering. He owns two rats.
Angelique Vergeer, practicum, visited us from the Netherlands, where she
works in a medical library, keeping up with the research needs of about 1100
employees. She has volunteered in a Dutch animal shelter since 1994, and
owns one cat.
Anya Wachterhauser, intern, attends Franklin and Marshall College in
Pennsylvania, majoring in Biology. She has taken ballet lessons for ten years,
and is now studying modern dance; she also plays the clarinet.
Manuela Weishaupt, intern, comes from Switzerland via a job at a car rental
center in Ireland. She enjoys writing, especially producing new versions of old
stories. She has recently started horseback riding, and owns two cats and a
dog.
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A 17 HP commercial grade DR
All-Terrain Field and Brush Mower
(www.drpower.com/brushmower),
so we can locate our wolves in
their weed “forests” during the
growing season
A heavy-duty bagless vacuum
cleaner
Rubber gloves in all sizes
Glass cleaner, toilet paper, dish
soap
55-gallon “drum liner” plastic bags
If you have some old equipment you aren’t using,
consider donating it to a good cause! Any item you can
donate will be greatly appreciated. For more
information, please contact us at (765) - 567 - 2265.
1/2” three-ring binders with clear
outside pockets
4- or 5-rung folding (A-shaped)
fiberglass or aluminum ladders
Large abrasive scouring pads and
heavy-duty brushes for cleaning
algae off of metal splash tanks
Stamps — 37 cents and 23 cents
Please DO NOT SEND WOLF
TREATS! They make our wolves
very round!
This anonymous haiku turned up posted on a
corkboard in the intern residence, apparently written
by a bored intern who was watching wolves sleep
during the 3:00 to 6:00 am breeding season watch
shift. Maybe next year Chetan will be successful at
wooing Erin….
Chetan, you’ve got to
Show the pack you mean business
And win that girl, man!
Pat’s Poetry Corner has been rated “unlikely to spontaneously explode” by
several leading physicists, and is under a “pale fuchsia” danger rating. Pat’s
Poetry Corner contains no walnuts, peanuts, pistachios, tuna or dolphin.
Unintended for use as a tax shelter. Inflatable to 38,000 psi, but only on
alternate Thursdays. Use with caution and only in a well-ventilated area (or
under a USDA-approved fume hood). Do not coat with yogurt. If you rub Pat’s
Poetry Corner three times against your left ear and sing “Mary Had A Little
Lamb,” the happy fairies may give you a little gift.
Socrates greets Karin Bloch, who was his puppy mother in 1993.
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Photo by Monty Sloan
Wolf Park News Spring 2004