Lila Wi resides at a wolf sanctuary along with many other rescued wolves. Her ability to live the life she is genetically programmed to live was cruelly taken from her. Wolf sanctuaries do their best to provide the best habitats they can, but it will never equal life in the wild and the freedom that comes with it.

Wolfdogs are another controversial issue. Wolves are typically bred with German Shepherd Dogs, Alaskan Malamutes or Siberian Huskies to produce wolfdogs. The offspring used to be referred to as wolf hybrids, but that term is no longer accurate since it refers to the offspring of two different species. Tests have proven that the DNA of dogs and wolves is identical and thus, they are the same species. As a result, there is no test that can determine the percentage of wolf content in a dog, or that any exists. A pure wolf bred to a pure dog will produce offspring containing 50% wolf and 50% dog, but any other combination of wolf and wolfdog will not produce exact results. For example, you'd think that a pure wolf bred to a 50/50 wolfdog would produce offspring containing 75% wolf and 25% dog, but this is not necessarily true. The pups could be any combination of wolf and dog and there is no way to definitively prove the amount of wolf content in the pups. At any rate, wolfdogs do not usually make good pets as they possess some of the wild mannerisms and natural tendencies of the wolf, including high prey drives and the need to escape and roam.