Wolves in Indiana?

I don't doubt at all that there are a few solitary wolves wandering around Indiana.. every now and then one gets shot or run over. But there are no packs...

When I was in school at Purdue studying Wildlife Biology a good friend of mine and I went hunting on one of my fraternity brother's farm. Go AGR. Anyway this friend and I ended up killed a couple of Fox Squirrels on our hunt. He talked me into going to this ranch/farm that housed Live WOLVES that the guy was raising or studying. I can't remember which. But the friend and I took the squirrels and threw them over the 10 ft high fence that separated us from the Pack of wolves. The wolfs groweled at us fiercely. The hair on their backs stood up and they made it very clear by showing their teeth that they didn't want anything to do with Mark and I. But the guy that raised them from puppies walked right though the gate and into the cage and they treated him with tail wagging as if they were just family dogs. It was remarkable but they accepted him as the ALPHA dog and were submissive toward him. But to us we were outsiders that they would have torn in half if they could have gotten though the fence and got near us. I'll never forget that experience. And this was up near West Lafayette, IN some where. I think Mark was driving his car that day as we would take turns. He had the Dodge Charger and I drove a Datsun 240Z back in those days. His car was much more powerful and faster than mine. But mine still would go over 120 mph easily in fifth gear. The Z was much lighter in weight but the 383 Hemi engine in Mark's Challenger had way too much power. My 240 Cubic Inch Engine was fine for a small inline overhead cam six cylinder engine and it pushed my lighter car pretty good. I had another Fraternity Brother from Owensboro, KY who I used to ride home with from school on breaks. His dodge charger was supper fast too. He could pass another car that was going 60 mph on a single lane road in about 3 seconds it seemed like. We drove home one time from Purdue and made it back to Evansville, IN in about 3 hours. Normally it took me 4 hours to make that trip because I'd get stuck behind old people that insisted on driving the speed limit of 55 mph the entire time. I could pass them if there was a long stretch or road with no oncoming traffic but I never could accelerate like those 383 Hemi's in the Chargers. It's nice to see them back on the road again but with a 2015 look. Muscle cars are making a come back until the price of gas shoots back up.

So yes there are some wolf packs in IN but they are captive wolfs that are owned and raised by a person with a permit from IDNR. Now remember this was back in 1975/76 time frame. I've not returned to the wolf farm since that day and can't really remember where it's located. But I'm pretty sure that Mark would know exactly where it's at since he drove and has a great memory. Sometimes I think his memory was forever. He took a computer science class before I did and remembered how to write all the programs that we were required to write each week for that class. If I got stuck and could not figure out how to write the weekly program I'd show Mark what I was doing and he would write the computer program (app) from memory in about 10 minutes. I ended up getting an "A" in that computer science class. It was the second time I took it as the first time I got lost and dropped the class. The first time I had a teacher's Assistant (grad Student) teaching the class and he was terrible. That was my 2nd year at Purdue. Then my Senior year I took the same class again but this time the Professor was the head of the Purdue School of Agricultures head Computer man and he was good. He made it so much easier to understand. After seeing the difference in the two teachers I should have requested my money back for the poor TA who taught the first class. He was not very good at all and was just trying to learn how to teach. He needed a lot more help in learning how to teach computer science classes IMHO. No one in that first class knew what the hell he was talking about half the time. And it thought it was just me that didn't get it. But it turned out that it was the Teacher that time. It was amazing how smart Mark was. He ended up working for IDNR after graduating from Purdue University in 1976 with a degree in Wildlife Biologist. He worked as a properly manager at Glendale Fish and Wildlife Area but quickly was promoted up the chain. He's now the Director of fish and Wildlife for Indiana's DNR. He is still a good friend after all these years. We are not as close as we once were (I'm in Evansville and he's up in Indy) but we still communicate once in a while.

What kind of dog is it?