The young wolf was struck by a vehicle on Highway 17 last Saturday and underwent surgery on Wednesday to help repair two broken back legs<\/p>\n
Vimy the wolf is on the road to recovery after going under the knife to repair two back legs which broke in a motor vehicle incident last Saturday.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis young wolf suffered fractures in both legs after being hit by a car<\/a>, and he now faces a long recovery journey,\u201d Aspen Valley Wildlife Sanctuary posted on social media on Thursday. \u201cHe\u2019s currently on pain medication and antibiotics, and our team is monitoring him on camera 24\/7 to support his healing.\u201d<\/p>\n Since returning to the Aspen Valley Wildlife Sanctuary post-operation, they report that Vimy has been eating and drinking well, \u201cwhich is an encouraging sign as he begins to recover.\u201d<\/p>\n Vimy was struck by a vehicle on Highway 17 in Hagar last Saturday, and the motorist joined two OPP constables in tracking him down.<\/p>\n They reached out to a volunteer from the Val Caron-headquartered Turtle Pond Wildlife Centre, who picked up what they reported on social media as being a \u201cterrified\u201d young wolf out of its hiding spot and into a secure enclosure.<\/p>\n The 60-pound wolf was treated for shock upon arrival in Val Caron, and by the next morning was \u201cbright and alert.\u201d<\/p>\n He was then taken to the Aspen Valley Wildlife Sanctuary, and later the National Wildlife Centre for his surgery.<\/p>\n Vimy was returned to the Aspen Valley Wildlife Sanctuary post-surgery, and is being monitored. After his break heals, Aspen Valley Wildlife Sanctuary animal welfare assistant director Mon Keldsai said he\u2019d be moved into a bigger outdoor space where he can walk around, run and hunt.<\/p>\n If all goes according to plan, he\u2019ll be released back in the location he was found sometime this spring or summer.<\/p>\n The motorists is a member of the Canadian Armed Forces, and asked that the wolf be named Vimy, after a\u00a0military police working dog<\/a> who died in 2021.<\/p>\n That police dog, in turn, was named after the First World War Battle of Vimy Ridge<\/a>, which took place in France from April 9-12, 1917, and saw 3,598 Canadians killed and approximately 7,000 wounded.<\/p>\n Turtle Pond Wildlife Centre<\/a> is a completely volunteer-run organization founded by Gloria Morisette and based in Val Caron. They rely on\u00a0public support<\/a> for funding.<\/p>\n Last year, Turtle Pond Wildlife Centre reported 820 animal intakes consisting of 64 species, who were aided by a volunteer complement of 25.<\/p>\n The National Wildlife Centre<\/a> is located in Caledon East and the Aspen Valley Wildlife Sanctuary<\/a> is located east of Rosseau.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The young wolf was struck by a vehicle on Highway 17 last Saturday and underwent surgery on Wednesday…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":445904,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[49,48,66,184001,323],"class_list":["post-445903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-science","tag-vimy-the-wolfinjured-wolf-vimy","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=445903"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445903\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/445904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=445903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=445903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=445903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}