URGENT CALL TO ACTION

THE TIME IS NOW !!!

With the blessing of our new pack members comes the time and necessity to grow our organization even further.

We have been informed by the City of Los Angeles that the licenses granted to us in October 2009 were improper. Although an error on their part, we have discovered that obtaining the proper licensing and permits will require us to move Shadowland Foundation, Inc. from its present location.

It is for the Highest Good of the Foundation, our Pack, and all concerned, that we find another place to operate IMMEDIATELY.

Our goal is to procure our dream location, the ranch we call "Freedom" mentioned in our Mission and Vision statement.

In order to make it affordable for everyone to make a contribution, we have come up with a formula for success. Currently we have about 1034 people on our mailing list. If everyone who receives this email made a tax deductable contribution of just $15 and shared this email with 20 of their friends who also gave $15...we would have reached 16,667 people and ... Raised $ 250,000 !!!
 
Go to our Website NOW to Support us TODAY!
 

Wolves in the Den

Our pack has just expanded exponentially!  Allie gave birth to 7 wolf cubs on Saturday, May 29th.   Take a 'Sneak Peek' here by watching this news video from KTLA.

Capital Campaign

There are a variety of ways to assist Shadowland Foundation, Inc. with its expansion and growth at this time. Please review our wish list below and see if any of these generous gifts are within your means. We appreciate your participation and help:

Building Supplies:


We have to build and repair a fence to enclose the property. The indoor classroom needs a new roof, kitchen and bathroom. There are platforms and training apparatus we can build to work the animals and prepare the puppies for the educational programs. We also have a design and plan to build an imitation rock climbing habitat for agility training, exercise and a natural playground for the wolves to enjoy.

Green treated lumber – 4 x 4 x 8, 10, & 12 ft posts
8 & 10 ft
2 x 4 x 8, 10, & 12 ft lengths
2 x 6 x 8, 10 & 12 ft lengths
3/8” & ½” sheets of plywood
24 volt Dewitt cordless drill
sawzal
jigsaw
1, 1 ½, & 2 inch galvanized wood screws
roofing felt paper
composition roof tiles
bathroom toilet
shower stall
kitchen cabinets
kitchen sink
kitchen stove
refrigerator
St Augustine sod
2 ea 110 volt wall ac units

Vehicles: During the fall and winter months we are blessed with the ability to run the wolves up at the training site in Acton, CA. Unfortunately, we cannot safely run them there in the spring and summer months because it becomes rattlesnake territory. We have come up with a fun and unique way to give them the exercise they require here in the heart of the city.


electric golf cart (4 seater)
adult tandem tricycle

Camera Equipment: We are developing a web series, online educational presentations and a documentary about our journey through Shadow’s cancer treatment and recovery. These items and their updated technology would give us broadcast ready footage.

Cannon VIXIA S21
tripod
zoom lens
digital projector
lighting equiptment
final cut pro editing services

Thanks for your support!  And, now you can contribute and receive a tax-deductible receipt!

Southwest Wolf Reintroduction Effort Faces Long Odds

Source:  Timber Wolf News

By almost all accounts, after 12 years of trial and error, the government's Mexican wolf recovery program is a failure -- both biologically and politically.

"The program is in crisis," said Eva Sargent, Southwest program director for Defenders of Wildlife, one of several of groups that have closely monitored FWS's recovery efforts. "They need to figure out what they need to do, and do it quick."


"The program isn't working," said Erik Ness, a spokesman for the New Mexico Farm and Livestock Bureau, which has fought the government over its reintroduction efforts. "They'll never make ranchers happy, because they're feeding beef to these wolves."

But Benjamin Tuggle, FWS's Southwest regional director and top overseer of the recovery program, says the agency is determined to keep at it. "I kind of bristle when I hear the word failure," he said. "I know there are a lot of people who would like to believe we're failing, but I don't take that position. We're not backing off."

Read the rest of the article HERE.

Wolves Return to Colorado

This article is from 'High Country News'. 

Officially, wild wolves do not live in Colorado. The nearest established population is in Wyoming, where gray wolves were introduced to Yellowstone National Park in 1995. But rumors of wolf sightings abound in Colorado, and in recent years, at least two wolves have died in the state. In 2004, a young radio-collared female wolf from Yellowstone was killed on Interstate 70 near Idaho Springs, about 30 miles west of Denver. In the winter of 2009, another young female collared wolf traveled a 1,000-mile-long route from the Yellowstone region to the Meeker, Colo., area, roughly 20 miles from where Eisenberg and her crew work.


Like most scientists, Eisenberg and her colleagues are cautious. For months, even among themselves, they half-jokingly spoke of "visitors from the North," reluctant to name a species as controversial as the gray wolf. They emphasize that DNA testing, now under way at a lab at the University of California, Los Angeles, is needed to back up their identification of the animal or animals that produced the scat and tracks. But whatever the animal is, it appears to be eating what wild wolves eat, and traveling over the landscape the way wild wolves do.

When wolves arrive in an ecosystem, everything changes: the ecology, the politics, relationships both animal and human. "We know more about wolves, and the management of wolves, than we do about many other forms of wildlife," says Douglas Smith, leader of the Yellowstone wolf project. "But we rarely get to put it into practice, because people freak out, flat-out freak out, when a wolf shows up."

Read the rest of the article HERE.

IGive Promotion

Help us raise money to support our Wolf Educational Programs while you Search and as you Shop!
 
For each person who joins iGive using this special link  and does just one web search on their site between now and 9AM Thursday, they'll give Shadowland Foundation Inc. a dollar.

Of course, the more you search (or buy something) the more money will be donated to Shadowland Foundation Inc.  For each additional search we'll receive $.02 and a bonus $5 for your first purchase!

The special $1.00 per Search is only good until 9AM Thurs. Jan. 21st.

GO SEARCHING & SHOPPING Here Now.

Thanks for your support!

Wolf Wisdom Talk

A true story chronicling the adventures of a wolf named Shadow, guiding us through her cancer.

Here a clip of the talk by clicking on the YouTube link to the upper-right.

Presented by:  Colette Duvall, co-founder of Shadowland Foundation Inc.

Colette Duvall is a licensed Practioner and Ministerial Student for the International Centers for Spiritual Living from the NoHo Center for New Thought.

Shortly after meeting the love of her life, Paul Pondella, and adopting his beloved wolves, Shadow and Alaska, Shadow was diagnosed with an incurable, inoperable and untreatable soft tissue sarcoma on September 16, 2008 and given two months to live.

Together, inspired by Shadow's courage, the entire pack took a journey... first to the wild within. This Spiritual endeavor led them on a path of discovery unveiling brand new technology...Spiritual, Holistic and Medical.

Shadow is still with us today. Come meet her and hear this Inspirational Tale.

WHEN: March 10th.
TIME: 7:00pm
WHERE:
Center for Spiritual Living
Westlake Village
880 Hampshire Road, Suite W
Westlake Village, CA 91361
http://www.cslwestlake.org/


No RSVP Required