Endangered Wolf Center: Family Educational Winter Wildlife Tours & Wolf Habitats

About this adventure

Founded in 1971 by renowned zoologist Marlin Perkins and his wife Carol, the Endangered Wolf Center is a 63-acre non-profit wildlife sanctuary in Eureka dedicated to preserving critically endangered canids. On brisk winter days, the resident wolves, foxes, and painted dogs are at their most energetic, sporting thick winter coats. Families can participate in the 1.5-hour guided Endangered Species Tour, which begins in a warm educational classroom with artifacts, pelts, and animal stories, followed by a guided 1-mile walking tour past outdoor habitats to view rare Mexican gray wolves, red wolves, maned wolves, swift foxes, and African painted dogs. Tours require advance online reservation to protect animal welfare. The visitor center provides heated restrooms with baby changing tables, and sturdy all-terrain strollers are recommended for the gravel woodland walking route.