Published : Sunday, 05 Aug 2012
"Letting them know about the factual wolf as compared to the Little Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad Wolf or other stories they've heard about how vicious wolves are and learn about their true characteristics," head camp counselor Barb Radcliffe said.
Radcliffe said this is her first year teaching the camps and said they pride themselves in letting the campers get up close and personal with the animals housed at Wolf Park.
"We take it to a different realm, actually the kids got to pet the puppies, the wolf puppies and a lot of times people don't ever get to see a wolf because there are none in the wild in Indiana," Radcliffe said.
One camper said they get to feed the wolves and bison, and even talk to the wolves.
"We can get them to howl sometimes," camper Russell Scott said.
Campers say hearing the wolves howl late at night wasn't as scary as they thought.
"Once to you to know them and understand what they are, then it's beautiful instead," camper Phoebe Crabtree said.
Phoebe said this was her first time coming to the camp and she hopes it won't be her last because she adopted a wolf named Marion and hopes to spend more time learning about her. She said she gets updates in the mail about how Marion is doing but can't wait to meet her face to face when she turns 18.
The camp costs $50 per camper. This was the last over night camp of the year but there will be more next summer.
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