Endangered Wolf Center

A howlin’ good cake.

Andrew and Pop Pop

 The Endangered Wolf Center was founded in 1971 by Marlin Perkins, his wife Carol, and a group of individuals. Marlin Perkins was a zoologist on a show called, “Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom” in the 1960s and 70s. The show opened kid’s eyes to animals in the native habitats. The Endangered Wolf Center was founded in order to address the risk of extinction of wolves. For more than 40 years, the Endangered Wolf Center has managed breeding programs, educational programs and methods to introduce wolves back into their native habitats. Every Mexican gray wolf in the wild can trace its roots back to one place, the Endangered Wolf Center here in St. Louis, MO.

When we went to visit the Endangered Wolf Center, we didn’t realize it wasn’t open to the public at the time. It was closed because the Center is actually owned by Washington University and all kinds of research were being done at the time. Also I was told they were expecting a few baby wolves to be born very soon and they wanted to protect them from visitors. We were able to view the cake though. We asked if we can at least see the cake and they said yes and let us right in. Andrew came with me to see the cake and he was afraid we were going to see a wolf. I tried to tell him we weren’t in danger but since we heard a wolf howl twice while looking at the cake, that didn’t help any.

The Center is supposed to open back up to the public in June so maybe we can go back and see some wolves.

Cake artist - Maura Pusateri

Guest blogger - Diane

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