Locals help raise funds for wolf sanctuary
The funds raised will help the sanctuary take care of the various kinds of animals they house.
The Husky Romi Wolf Sanctuary hosted a fundraiser at the Big Red Barn in Centurion to raise awareness and funds for the animals it houses.
The sanctuary provides a forever home to animals left behind for whatever reason including emigration and hunting. The sanctuary, named after its first husky, Romi, solely looks after the animals. It doesn’t breed or re-home them.
The sanctuary collaborated with Adventure Trails in the effort and the more than 100 attendees could pick which distances they wanted to run/walk and of course, their dogs could tag along. Thereafter, attendees could meet three of the wolves housed by the sanctuary. Rene Adendorff was announced as the lucky raffle winner.
Youth ambassador and soon-to-be virtual adoption director, Erin Bayliss said that the sanctuary houses huskies, wolves, and hybrids and doesn’t turn away strays either.
“We are located in the Free State, but we thought that Pretoria is a central venue for people coming from Pretoria and Joburg and the barn is a well-known location,” Bayliss said.
“All these animals have special stories and I think that it’s cool to just support animals. They don’t have a voice, so I think that we need to be their voice and look after them because they can’t speak up for themselves.”
The sanctuary is re-launching its virtual adoption programme in which people can sponsor a wolf for a year. A tree-planting spring project for the sanctuary is also in the works.
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