Hello,
my name is MiKayla Carter, a University of Kentucky student, and I am overly ecstatic to begin my service
learning experience at the Wolf Run Wildlife Refuge. The Refuge is a nonprofit
organization in Nicholasville, Kentucky that was founded over thirty years ago in conjunction with the
USDA and Kentucky Fish and Wildlife. The organization's mission statement is,
"To give life back to the wild through rescue, rehabilitation and release."
The organization fulfills its goals through awareness, education, and
rehabilitation of numerous wild animals, such as lions, coyotes, deer, and wolf
dogs. http://wolfrun.org/
To give you a little background, I am a southern girl from Park City, Kentucky. Park City is a town that does not show up on most maps and only exists as an accessory to Mammoth Cave National Park, which rests less than a minute away. In other words, I grew up surrounded by caves and trees...and deer, lots of deer. I even volunteered at the cave, where I snapped a picture with this cute little guy:
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| Mammoth Cave National Geographic |
To give you a little background, I am a southern girl from Park City, Kentucky. Park City is a town that does not show up on most maps and only exists as an accessory to Mammoth Cave National Park, which rests less than a minute away. In other words, I grew up surrounded by caves and trees...and deer, lots of deer. I even volunteered at the cave, where I snapped a picture with this cute little guy:
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| A zoomed up photo of me holding a cardinal caught during a study at Mammoth Cave National Park. |
If you
zoom in, you can even see the bite mark on my finger because the little guy was
feisty.
So,
anyway, I have worked in the wilderness, monitoring birds, searching for trees,
mapping out small caves, wading through underground rivers, etc. However, other
than the one day where I caught this little guy, I did not really have a chance
to work with any of the actual wildlife, which is why the Wolf Run Wildlife Refuge was my top
pick when it came to this assignment.
In my
excitement, I did a little snooping on the Refuge's website and Facebook page, and the
numerous wolf pictures are both extremely adorable and noteworthy.
The latest post,
supporting Nayeli and her service dog training, hits close to home, considering
the large amount of service dogs we have being babysat and trained right here
at the UK campus.
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| A picture of Nayeli. http://www.gofundme.com/kv3pm45s |
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