Aurora

Aurora was born in March of 2001 in Vermont and spent her early life free-running through the woods on her own.  Her owner bragged that she was a pure wolf.  Unfortunately, Aurora was found one day collapsed in the woods, exhausted and bleeding from multiple gunshot wounds. Discovered by kind people, she was nursed back to health and now lives atop three legs. Missing a front leg sounds daunting, but this does not seem to slow Aurora down. She is a successful escape artist and hunter. 

Eventually, her hunting skills got Aurora in trouble when she killed a neighbor’s turkeys.  Her owners apologized, paid for the turkeys, and vowed to keep Aurora tied up in the yard.  Despite their best efforts, Aurora escaped again, this time going after a couple of sheep.  Although wild wolves do not normally hunt domestic livestock, Aurora was bred in captivity and was not afraid of human scent.  The state of Vermont mandated that Aurora find a new home or be euthanized, so her caring owners drove her all of the way out to Colorado and Mission:Wolf. 

So, in February 2003, Aurora found a new home at our refuge and the staff began trying to find a suitable companion for her.  After much trial and tribulation (four different potential mates did not work) and a short arrangement with a wolf-dog named Gandalf, she now lives and plays with a wolf-dog named Rogue.  Her bouncy, barky, doggy personality just didn’t mesh with most of the wolves at the refuge.  She and Rogue can now usually be found contentedly curled up together under a tree or rough-housing in the open field of their enclosure.  Aurora has grown into a beautiful wolf-dog.  With a smile on her face and a happy-go-luck disposition, Aurora is slowly learning not to be afraid of new staff.