Animal Services

Michael was the dog training instructor at the Animal Trainers Career Academy in the late seventies and lectured at the School for Animal Care Consultants. He was compound manager for Gordon Meredith, a Patsy Award winning trainer, where Michael gained experience working with wolves, cougars, bobcats, and other exotic animals.  Michael is known for his expertise with wolves and wolf behavior, and was Director of Phase 1 of the International Wolf Center in Ely, MN., where he supervised the exhibit installation, created the first educational programs, designed the environmental enclosure, and hand-raised the first wolf pack for the exhibit. He has also participated on tracking teams, studying wolves and wolf behavior in the northwoods of Minnesota and Wisconsin.  

Michael was Operations Manager for the Alliance for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Education coordinating rescue efforts as well as the education lectures series. He is currently a licensed wildlife rehabilitator, taking in injured and orphaned wild animals for care and then releasing them back into the wild, specializing in mammals and birds of prey.