White Wolf Sanctuary Wolf Education Projects Lake Tahoe Wolf Rescue - Home WOLF MOUNTAIN SANCTUARY - HOME PAGE Lockwood Animal Rescue Center (LARC) | Back to nature…where we all belong. California Wolf Center nevercrywolfrescue.org (15) Lockwood Animal Rescue Center (Lockwood ARC / LARC) Rescued Wolf Dogs Cared For By War Veterans Donations poured in when Dr. Lorin Lindner and her husband Matt Simmons became vocal about adopting 29 wolf dogs from Alaska -- including from celebrity animal activist Bob Barker. CNN reports that the wolf dogs, who had been a visitor's attraction near Anchorage, were chained to poles and forced to walk in circles for tourists. They now live in the Lockwood Valley Animal Rescue Center, which is run by Lindner and Simmons. The Rescue Center employs several war veterans to take care of the new Alaskan wolf dogs, which is a therapeutic opportunity for returning military members. "It gives you inner peace," Gregg Hill, Iraq War veteran told the news outlet. Feel inspired?
Staff | Lockwood Animal Rescue Center (LARC) Matthew Simmons, holding Sera Sera who loves to jump into his arms, works with the birds, wolfdogs, horses, and wildlife at LARC. Matthew says: “There’s something amazing about the animals at LARC and learning all of their stories. We love to see them come into their own and flourish.” Matthew is also the Park Director of the L.A. facility known as “Serenity Park” (see www.parrotcare.org) which is a work therapy program for disabled veterans supported in part by the Disabled American Veterans Charitable Services Trust, Macerich Corporation, and the Mary Jo and Hank Greenberg Foundation. Lorin Lindner, PhD, MPH, seen here with Rider the Wolfdog, is a clinical psychologist and public health educator using nature and alternative methods of healing. Dr.