
501 (c)3 Nonprofit Organization
Preserving the legacy of wolves and wolfdogs through education, responsible stewardship, and rescue.
Founder’s Message
Founder’s Message
Guardians of the Wolves is a 501 C3 nonprofit organization founded in 2014 by the Executive
Director "Lori Wynn”
The passion behind this project was Ms. Wynn living among these animals for nearly two
decades at the time. Ms. Wynn saw how misunderstood these animals are and that there is a
war against wild wolves.
With Ambassador Sage, a wolfdog at her side, Ms. Wynn began speaking at the wolf
management meetings for the California Fish and Wildlife when the first wolf known as OR7
came into the state. There had been no wolves in California for nearly 100 years. It took a
village, but we won and were able to achieve statewide protection for California Grey Wolves,
which now is thriving with 9 packs and approximately 70 wolves, more to come in the coming
months as pups are born in spring.
We went on to give hundreds of educational programs throughout California, where people
could learn the truth and know there is no such thing as a big bad wolf, they could greet
Ambassador Sage and get covered in wolf kisses. We began wolf therapy programs for at risk
youth, hospice, persons with disabilities, women from domestic abuse and veterans suffering
from PTSD.
Sage also had a Hollywood spotlight on her as a model and music videos.
Our mission is wolf and wolfdog advocacy, education. Legislation and rescue.
Today we spread the word through the work of Ambassador Rosemary, teaching about wolves,
the plight to save them along with therapy work.
To date we have rescued over 1000 wolfdogs, saving them from kill shelters, hoarding and
abuse cases, working closely with animal control, law enforcement, fish and wildlife. We had an
incredible opportunity to travel to Alaska to work with US Fish and Wildlife Services to rescue 6
true hybrids that were the result of a wild male wolf breeding with a domestic dog in a small
village off Homer Alaska. We worked hard for months vetting homes in the lower 48 to give
these yearlings the best life, Alaska is illegal to possess any animal with wolf DNA.
Rescue comes with compassion fatigue so it’s so important to have balance and do work that
compliments the passion in the heart.
Today Ambassador Rosemary is continuing the great work that Ambassador Sage began,
education, advocacy, all in person. Rosemary is an arctic and grey wolf, arctic being a
subspecies of the grey wolf.
October of 2023, we adopted a beautiful male grey that had been let down by humans as a
forever companion for Miss. Rosemary and to give him a happy and safe life, Ma’iigan ( wolf in
Ojibwe ) Ma”iigan came frightened of everything , loving but yet reactive, through the confidence
of Rosemary and the unconditional love given to him by me he is now a happy, safe boy who
shows us his unconditional love and has a big story to tell visitors.
We are open by appointment for tours, special events, and therapy and will travel for
educational presentations, and events.
We are active in legislation on a national level to protect wild wolves and on local levels of
government to protect ownership rights county by county across the nation.
Last spring we launched a private investigation into Cody Roberts ( the man who ran down the
little wolf with a snowmobile in Wyoming, collared it, brought it home then to a bar called Green
River in Danial Wyoming, paraded this little wolf around for barbaric entertainment to then take
this little wolf out back, beat it than shoot it) Mr. Roberts was only given a 250.00 fine for this
torture, through our investigation we learned that a fish and game officer was in the bar and
watched while this illegal activity happened. More to come on this investigation as we are
currently working with high-up officials.
September of 2024, we organized, collaborated with other NGO’s for a rally in Washington DC
to support a new bill S.5115 sponsored by Senator Cory Booker “Rally for the Wild ones” this bill
is called the Trinity Act and is to give Bison. Grizzly and Wolves forever protection with tribal co-
stewardship with tribes across the US. This bill is like the American Bald and Golden Eagle Act.
We brought in tribal leaders from a dozen indigenous tribes to speak at the rally and to meet
with Governmental agencies the next day, such as USFWS, CEQ, USDA, Tribal affairs, an
Indigenous NGO round table and ended our day with a reception at Senator Booker’s office. We
are hopeful that this amazing bill will someday pass the house and the senate.
We want to humbly thank our supporters that make all of this possible.
– Lori Wynn

Lori & Sage presenting to California Fish & Wildlife

