WALDOBORO, Maine — A wolf-canine hybrid whose fate was in peril last week has been returned to her original owner, according to the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.
Department spokesman Doug Rafferty said Wednesday that Mia, an animal who had been held since last week at a veterinary clinic in Brunswick, was returned to her original owner Tuesday. Mia was captured early last week by Waldoboro police after she had killed some chickens. Under state law, Mia was transferred to an animal hospital where her fate was either to be adopted or eventually euthanized.
Though some details were unclear, Rafferty said a Waldoboro woman came forward earlier this week to claim the animal. Rafferty said the woman had satisfied the state’s requirements for keeping a wolf hybrid.
“She was alerted to the fact that Mia was [at the animal hospital] and she called us and reapplied to get her permit back,” said Rafferty. “She has satisfied any requirements that we may have, and the animal shelter has, and the town of Waldoboro has. The bottom line is that the situation is over and is resolved.”
Rafferty and Waldoboro Police Chief Bill Labombarde said Wednesday the woman had given Mia to another man, who in turn gave the dog to a second woman on Saturday, June 30. The dog then promptly escaped by breaking through a screened window and was at large for about three days until it was captured in a Havahart trap.
Labombarde said his department continues to investigate the situation because the manner in which Mia was given to the second woman could be a breach of state law, which strictly governs the ownership and transfer of wolf hybrids.
James Connolly, wildlife director for the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, could not be reached Wednesday because he was out of state on department business, said Rafferty.
The situation surrounding Mia marked the first time the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife has had to deal with the issue of wolf hybrids since last year when the Legislature passed a new law concerning them. IF&W took over licensing functions from the Department of Agriculture as of July 1 of this year.
Let cross breed a monkey and a human to do our chores..
Way to go, ya got your dog back…. :-)
Those that want to dictate what type of dogs we own are in for a shocker- more people own hybrids than are registered… :-P
Oh yes- Republican, Democrat or Independent,,,, if you voted for Trahans abomination, dont count on getting reelected…!
The poor animal deserves a stable home.
i fully agree as i am the original owner spoke about … we had a ruff stretch and thought we were doing better but now seeing the a–wh–e that ended up with them . as we told him up front and ment it — if you deside for anyreason not to want them bring them back as we didnt want to get rid of them but felt at time it would be better
This is a classic example of overreach by the state, profiling of dogs, there is no such thing as a wolf hybrid, it’s eaither a wild animal or a dog, I hope the state learned a lesson from this fiasco.
i the original owner agree — the lady that had cody ( god love her ) had no awarness of the laws as she had all intenions of getting him liecensed next week but if she had tried .. the laws make it so there would have been no way at all to do it with out alot of money involved and she didnt even know . but i totally disagree with the way that ken-eth corl-ton got rid of them after being told flat out they are a couple and cant be seperated and for that alone i hope its dealt with
I once owned a 25% wolf / 75% malamute husky hybrid and I’ll say that was the best dog ever. He was extremely intelligent and eager to please once he knew who the boss was. That was the first animal I ever had that I could talk to and tell to do anything and he would, whether trained to do the task or not. He just knew. I could talk with him in a fun way and he’d “talk” back and we’d look like a couple of damned fools, but we both loved it and loved each other.
The only thing with huskies and wolf hybrids is that they do love to run and it is hard to keep them tied up outside. He’s break everything I’d put him on and would pull and stretch the line until it would break. Eventually I put a good sized chain on him and attached that to an eye hook. The next day I went out to let him in and he pulled the hook out of the wall it was attached to and took off. After I tracked him and got him home I had to put a huge eye hook in to replace the one he ripped out and he was fine after that but everything else I tried he’d break or figure out how to get out of.
Glad You Got Your Dog Back, Should not have been taken from you in the first place!
hi i just want to say thanks but it wasnt taken from us in first place we had a ruff stretch and thought it to be better to find a new home for mya and cody but almost 3 months later it bit us in the — and we regret it so bad that we told both mya and cody that they are to never leave home again for any reason
not that i want place listed — we arent from WALDOBORO in fact about 2 hr.s away
I am so happy to hear that Mia did not end up like poor Lennox in N.Ireland; euthanized for human ignorance and hubris. There seems to be NO common sense left in the world. Frankly I was kind of surprised that this ended as quickly and sanely as it did. Perhaps those in charge heard about the death threats and harrassment suffered by the Belfast, Ireland city commisioners and decided that they might, maybe, should and quickly re-think their stance.