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I'm Interested In Buying 100% Wolf Pup. Are There Any Sellers In The State Of Florida, Close To Central FL?

I can't find any info of any seller in Florida. Please help. Thanks

cbprsg

15 Jun 2008 06:00

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Wild animal ownership is highly regulated in all states. You will need permits to even legally purchase a wild animal. And why would you want a wild animal. Wolves are not domesticated in any way. An adult wolf will not be the same as owning a dog and will be aggressive. It would not be able to live in your home as a family pet.

Unrated 1 ratings	by kbanne 16 Jun 2008 05:42	Add a Comment Show All Comments [1] Flag

Good answer, which is why I gave ya 4 stars. However ownership of wild animals is not highly regulated in ALL states. Laws vary. In Missouri, such laws exist, but are virtually unenforced unless the person is keeping something like a bear inside of a town and people get excited and report it. I know several people who own racoons (which can be VERY dangerous if provoked), and have one friend (a different guy from the wolf owner I know) who has 2 bobcats. They do watch, closely, people like some friends of mine who live just outside of town. They own 3 lions, several tigers, various bears, wolves, and an assortment of other animals. They also have licenses and full, roofed over chain-link fence, enclosures.

BillZBub

17 Jun 2008 16:52

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You have to be so careful about wolves, they are naturally suspicious about EVERYTHING THAT MOVES!!!! You don't really want one in the climate that you are in either. I would strongly recommend that you move to a climate that the animal can more healthily take. WHY would you want a dog that is climated for -20, and make him live in a climate of +90? I hardly think that that is fair to the animal. Sorry.

Unrated 0 ratings	by tiggersmom 15 Jun 2008 06:47	Add a Comment Show All Comments [0] Flag

Check local laws. Some states do not recognize a wolf as able to be domesticated (and I do not believe they ever can fully be), and as such, special licenses and enclosures must be provided. Further, you run some serious risks. They ARE natural predators, and instincts are close to the surface. If one attacks someone, then you could be looking at losing every thing you own. A friend of mine had one until heart-worms killed it recently. Beautiful beast. But when he looked at you with those golden eyes... It gave you the creepy crawlies. You KNEW he was sizing you up as an appetizer. About once a year or so, a male wolf will also challenge you for dominance. Tom literally had to take the wolf on, and beat it good. Then Tom would have to hump it and establish dominance, just like they do in the wild. The wolf would then be cool for a while, but in a yr or so... Ya could never know for sure when he would turn. I thought it was a gorgeous animal... But would never ever own one. The only way you could be safe, liability-wise, is keeping it caged, and I would not do that to an animal.

Unrated 0 ratings	by BillZBub 15 Jun 2008 08:23	Add a Comment Show All Comments [2] Flag

Raised properly domestically they do not size people up to eat them. That is the absolute problem with why the WOLF gets blamed for things it does not do.
FLORIDA is an illegal state unless you have a class 1 permit. To have a Class 1, you must have 1600 hours of experience, and a chain link enclosure that meets FLA requirements. Odds are if you are here asking, you aren't even close.
Florida is also trying to ban Wolfdogs.

Kooey

17 Jun 2008 14:55

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What he was thinking when looking at me I have no way of knowing, nor do you or anyone else.. unless they can read minds.  I do know that their instinct is pretty specific.. to determine if you are friend... or prey.  I merely put forth the feeling I got when he looked at me (we, like animals, have instincts that come from millenia of experience).  It was distinctly a feeling that this was not an animal to turn your back upon.

I recall the same sort of touchy feely things were said by some about raising tigers domestically... until a certain famous magician got chewed upon for his efforts.  And then there is the wildlife "expert" who was always going on about how gentle this animal or that one was.. until a stingray stabbed him in the heart.  I love animals, but unlike many animal lovers, I am under no romantic illusions about what they are.  Wolves are predators, and intelligent ones at that which makes them even MORE dangerous.

How an animal is raised and treated will not control their instinctive responses beyond the most superficial levels.  Even a housecat cannot be fully domesticated.  My sister had one which she absolutely treated with love and care, she doted on that cat.  Then one night, when a friend was sleeping on the couch, the cat went off for unknown reasons.  I saw my sisters apartment the next day.. blood spattered on walls, ceilings... from the cat leaping upon a sleeping womans head, and tearing into her.  That 5 pound housecat caused her to get over 300 stitches on her face and head.  Such an anomoly could happen with any animal... but the results, if it is a 150 pound animal, are a lot worse than a 5 pound kitty.

I am highly sympathetic to animals, especially wild ones raised outside of their natural environments, which go off on someone and hurts someone.  I do not blame the animals... I blame the stupid humans who have removed the animal from it's natural habitat, either thrcapture, or captive birth.  They should be left in their own environment, and their space should be respected by humans.  You do not need to watch many shows like "When animals attack" to realize that in nearly every instance, the person who got attacked was doing something stupid.

They are not pets... they are wild animals.   Keeping them in a cage, just like putting a human into a cage for years, is certain to lead to abberant behavior.. and is, IMO, cruelty.  I will not even keep a dog as a pet in a place where I am required to keep them on a leash all the time.  Those who think keeping animals in a cage, an enclosure, is humane should live in a cage for a couple years.  No matter how nice the cage is, no matter how close the natural environment is simulated... it is still a cage.

Owners of wild animals may like to claim that such animals are not really dangerous... but the fact is, there is only one reason they want to keep such an animal... and that is the cache of owning a DANGEROUS animal.

As for the licensing, thats kinda what I figured.

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