Spectrum News 1: Can Wolfdogs Help With Mental Health Issues?
Wolf Connection Team September 14, 2026
When she was 17 years old, Fairuz Azra was looking for connection as a high school student, and she found it in an unlikely place.
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Jacques Marie Mage: The Wolf Is A Mirror
Wolf Connection Team August 13, 2026
John Calfa III of the Wolf Connection Podcast on Creating Space for Dialogue, Healing, and Reciprocity.
CBS Mornings: California wolf therapy helps teens learn forgiveness, acceptance and trust
Wolf Connection Team October 10, 2024
Teo Alfero, the program’s founder and CEO, says Wolf Connection’s methods are research-based and supports what Indigenous tribes have long-recognized: Humans and wolves have worked together for quite some time.
Good Day LA: How to maintain positive mental health with the help of wolves
Wolf Connection Team September 18, 2024
A unique type of therapy is taking place in Palmdale. It’s called wolf therapy and it allows these animals to interact with at-risk youth and others who are dealing…
TODAY: Troubled teens get help from an unlikely source: Wolves!
Wolf Connection Team July 12, 2024
Watch an alternative to a more traditional rehabilitation program where students at Wolf Connection graduate from an 8-week curriculum that includes emotional healing and job training.
The New York Times: Tapping Your Inner Wolf
Wolf Connection Team June 5, 2020
Men often face pressure to measure up as alpha males, to “wolf up” as it were. Alpha male connotes the man who at every moment demonstrates that he’s in total…
The New York Times: An Age Gap Bridged by the Love of Animals
Wolf Connection Team April 18, 2020
Read about Wolf Connection’s founder, Teo Alfero, and Wolf Connection’s Behavior Specialist, Renee Alfero’s, wedding at Wolf Connection.
AOL YouTube: Callan McAuliffe on the Wolf Connection
Wolf Connection Team June 12, 2015
Watch actor Callan McAuliffe talk about how Wolf Connection is helping at-risk youth while saving wolfdogs.
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Los Angeles Times: Walking with Wolves in Angeles National Forest
Clare wouldn’t make eye contact. The 12-year-old from Wisconsin, on vacation with her mother, Shannon, wouldn’t speak when asked a
December 18, 2023 No Comments
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The Antelope Valley Press: Wolves, teens forge ‘connection’
Not long after Teo Alfero got Tala, his first wolfdog, his life changed. So, too, would the lives of other
April 18, 2023 No Comments
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Los Angeles Business Journal: Corporate Citizenship & Giving Guide: Wolf Connection
Wolf Connection serves at-risk populations in Los Angeles County, and wolf/wolfdog welfare and rescue nationwide.
June 12, 2022 No Comments
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