Something to Howl About

NETAR becomes more than an Association for REALTORS® as four new timber wolf pups, including a female named Netar, settle into the Puppy Palace at Bays Mountain Park in Kingsport.

They were brought in thanks to the help and donations of Lolita Shipley and Coldwell Banker Marketplace of Downtown Kingsport, Jewell McKinney and Town & Country Realty of Downtown Kingsport and private citizens.

 The four pups were born on April 28, 2007 in Bear Country U.S.A. in Rapid City, South Dakota. They arrived at Bays Mountain Park on May 26 after Park Naturalist Rhonda Goins took a weeklong drive up to get them. Rhonda and her mother, REALTOR® Lolita Shipley, named Netar and came up with the meaning New Home Place.

 Netar has one sister, Aiyana, and two brothers, Adahy and Tenasi. They are under 24-hour supervision by volunteers in order to socialize them to humans and to the existing pack. After three months they will be introduced to the six adult wolves in the wolf habitat where they should feel like family.

 The live WolfCam will soon be moved from the wolf habitat to the Puppy Palace. This will allow people to view the puppies on the Internet at any time during the day or night. The puppies are also available for public viewing Monday-Sunday.

 Please visit the Bays Mountain Park Web site to learn more about the wolf pups, volunteer work and park information.