Southwest Wildlife Conservation Center

"The Southwest Wildlife Conservation Center rescues native wild animals that have lost their homes to development, or are found injured, orphaned, or abandoned.  When possible, the animals in our care are rehabilitated and released — healthy and wild — back where they belong.    
Those animals that could not survive in the wild can live out their lives at our accredited sanctuary.  We don’t buy, breed, sell or trade animals, nor are the animals for hire or used for commercial purposes.
We’re proud of our contribution to the recovery of an endangered species – the Mexican gray wolf.  As a holding facility, we offer space at our sanctuary to care for part of the captive population of this rare wolf, and participate as a member of the Mexican Wolf Species Survival Plan."

We went on a tour of the sanctuary today. Amazing learning experience. We saw black bears, coyotes, bobcats, mountain lions, a coati, a leopard mix, porcupine, several types of fox, and of course the Mexican Gray wolves.
So many of the animals were once "pets" that were rescued and could not survive on their own. Many were also injured animals that could not be released after rehabilitation.
I highly recommend this place to all visitors to AZ- Scottsdale area.
The photo is the Mexican Gray Wolf- a relatively small wolf compared to the Gray Wolf that has been reintroduced to Yellowstone (I actually did research in Grad School with Gray Wolves- a lifetime ago).