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Article: PETA TO MOVE GRAY WOLF TO TEXAS TO OFFER ANIMAL MORE ROOM, WOLVES.(LOCAL)
- Article from:
- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- February 9, 2001
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Byline: ASSOCIATED PRESS
HAMPTON -- A 10-year-old gray wolf from Blue Bird Gap Farm will move to a Texas wildlife sanctuary in a transfer arranged by the Norfolk-based People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.
The group believes Sierra will be happier and healthier at the Wildlife Rescue & Rehabilitation Inc. in San Antonio, and the people at Blue Bird Gap Farm agree.
Not everyone is happy for Sierra, however. Christina Powers, a Richmond sixth-grader recently launched a one-girl letter-writing campaign to keep the wolf in Hampton.
``She's been there all her life,'' Christina, an 11-year-old who frequently visits Sierra while ...