Oh my gosh... your additional wolf pics are incredible! The preserve we went to was very small. They would only bring in 2 or 3 wolves at a time. It is just a small family owned store...well, here is a write-up about them.... sorry it's long.

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The Wolf People Who Run With the Pack
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Bill and Nancy Taylor were wolf people long before they became the Wolf People. But blending their love of wolves with their backgrounds in business came naturally.

Like many others, the Taylors came to Sandpoint looking for a better quality of life. They brought with them their beautiful, shy pet wolves Cochise and Cherish.

At first, Bill sold real estate and was a musician. Nancy worked in insurance. But about two years ago, an itch to start a business led them to start "jamming" on business ideas. They liked the idea of marketing T-shirts and the perfect design was as close as their back yard. With Cochise and Cherish as models, they hired artists to make renditions for their first T-Shirt design.

And so was born Wolf People, retailers of fine wolf merchandise. The Taylors have since developed more gifts and garments with wolf motifs, and a year ago they put them into a mail-order catalog. Their second catalog will be published for the '95 holiday season.

They've also opened a retail store in Cocollala, where they bring two of their wolves to the store every day. They've found a rich vein of interest in their wolf-oriented merchandise.

"The wolf has been popular for a long time. It's not just a fad," Nancy says. The Taylors' own interest in the animals shows that. They've owned wolves and wolf-hybrids for eight years. Today, their pack has grown to nine of them.

Owning Wolf People helps the Taylors promote responsible ownership of wolves. They've installed a hotline to provide facts and tips on care, and are developing a video. Nancy was the subject of an interview with the British Broadcasting Corporation for a 1991 special entitled "Dogs." More recently, their female wolf-hybrid Lona Akee was an "actress" for the film Cry of the White Wolf, due out soon.

Nancy also established the Inland Empire Wolf Association, of which she currently serves as the president. The group has grown to 40 members.

"We try to prevent backyard breeding situations," Nancy says. "Because of the lack of understanding of wolves they're one-owner dogs they often get passed on and then get abused and the situation gets worse and worse."