CHATHAM — Twenty-seven wolf dogs from the New England Wolf Advocacy Rescue Center were packed up Christmas Eve for a cross-country journey to the rescue center's parent facility, the Lockwood Animal Rescue Center in Frazier Park, Calif. The animals completed their journey on Wednesday.
Dr. Lorin Lindner, president of the Lockwood Animal Rescue Center, talked with the Sun recently about why and when the move was made.
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