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Article: WOLF-DOG LEGALITIES DEBATED BILL WOULD BAN OWNING WOLVES, BUT NOT HYBRIDS.(News)
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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- February 19, 2003
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Byline: STEVEN FRIEDERICH P-I reporter
TENINO -- The way Teka jumps up and down playfully, tail wagging, the massive gray wolf could easily be mistaken for a large Husky dog.
The wolf's handler, Jack Laufer, speaks in a high tone and wiggles a piece of milk bone through the fence at the Wolf Haven animal sanctuary. Teka shows no interest in the milk bone, so Laufer pulls out a small white capsule, "Breath mint?"
Carefully, Laufer sticks his fingers through the fence, but the wolf doesn't bite. Instead Teka acts like any dog would, excitedly licking Laufer's fingers, trying to slip the sugarless mint onto her tongue.
"This is just ...