Wolves released from Haliburton Wolf Centre The Haliburton Wolf
Centre started 2013 off missing a few members of its pack. The
Wolf Centre, which is part of the privately owned, 70,000 acre
Haliburton Forest and Wildlife Reserve, is a world leader in
education and research, offering visitors the opportunity to
view and learn about wolves in a natural setting. On January
1st, the Haliburton Highlands OPP responded to a call from the
reserve. They discovered damage to the centre’s fences, which
allowed four wolves to escape the 15 square kilometre enclosure
where they were born and raised, and enter the surrounding
forest. The openings in the fence, which appear to be cut by
vandals, were made on New Year’s Eve, sometime between 5 p.m.
and 7 p.m. The reserve’s owner, Peter Schleifenbaum, believes
the vandals are animal rights activists or “individuals with a
similar zeal to ‘liberate’ captive animals.” “What these
individuals in their misguided efforts do not realize in this
instance is that they most probably