Friday Chat w/ Vlad

Hey, it’s Vlad. As we approach the end of 2021 it seems like an good time to discuss how I have enriched your lives. We first spoke back in May when I explained to you why foxes are better than wolves. Possibly you recall the discussion about Lucan, the #dorkwolf, smelling like a particularly odiferous Sasquatch. We then went on to chat about the research both Lucan and us foxes are helping with. Princeton scientists trying to figure out what makes a #dorkwolf tick, while researchers at Harvard were busy unraveling the cause of hypersocialability seen in belyaev foxes.

On a few occasions we talked about the war on wolves in this country and how they have a right to live both as individuals and a species. Of course who could forget the multiple times I have been talked to by HR for just having an opinion expressed in a way that was perhaps a bit too devoid of sugar coating.

I am sure you all recall my attempts to start a band in order to get more visibility. I am still waiting for Slash to contact me so we can move that along. No doubt I will be hearing from him soon.

Then there where my trials and tribulations along the way. From getting attacked by a bee back in August, to Panda sabotaging my feeder as well as leaking my baby pictures.. two strikes against her. Then there was Viktor dropping the ball on my chat and multiple dust ups with Lucan. I try so hard to turn this ragtag group of ambassadors into a mean lean canid saving machine but it’s hard to soar like an eagle 🦅 when your surrounded by turkeys 🦃

Of course our most important chats involved the canid souls we have rescued. In July we welcomed coyote girls Agnes and Wilson to the center. Two animals who would have certainly perished had it not been for the fact that some humans recognize the value of a single canid life. They have blossomed into beautiful adults and their interactions with staff shows people that coyotes are not the malevolent beings some make them out to be. And then there’s the latest rescue, Mr. personality himself, Freddie Snowball.

So it’s been quite a year. Feel free to let me know the impact I have had on you.

Vlad out