Our mission is first and foremost, to provide a home for displaced animals. Second, to encourage empathy and understanding in people towards all life; and third to bring about awareness of breeding practices that put these animals and others like them in harms way. The year 2001 saw the formation of Shy Wolf Sanctuary, Education and Experience Center, Inc. a Florida Nonprofit Incorporation. Shy Wolf is also recognized as a 501c3 tax exempt corporation by the Internal Revenue Service. In November of 1999 Michael Kloman began volunteering here at Shy Wolf. It was not long after that he was mentioning Shy Wolf Sanctuary a name given informally by Michael at the local dog park, where he takes Nakipa, his wolfdog. Michael took advantage of two local talk radio shows to bring Shy Wolf Sanctuary from being known by word of mouth to a broad radio market bringing more visitors to Shy Wolf Sanctuary. The spring of 2001 brought Deanna Deppen to Shy Wolf after meeting Michael and Nakipa at the local PetSmart store. With her enthusiasm and connections she was able to get both local newspapers and the television news to do a story along with a spot for us on a live TV morning news show The year 2001 also brought cooperation between Federal WolfDog Rescue of Tampa and Shy Wolf Sanctuary in the placement of two rescue animals.

Website: http://www.shywolfsanctuary.com/