Instructor: Dr. Holly Woltz is a recently retired small animal Veterinarian, having practiced for 36 years, and the former owner of Veterinary Services. She holds three degrees from the University of Georgia. Her community involvement has included: Chairperson of the ACS Relay for Life; originator of GEM for High School girls and the Paws for Cancer Walk; Board member of SC State Board of Veterinary Medicine and Aiken Symphony; President of Hopelands Gardens and Rye Patch; and features author for the Aiken Standard and various Aiken magazines. Description: Perhaps folklore, fairy tales (Little Red Riding Hood, for example), and the stories that wolves kill livestock and compete with humans for food have caused us to hate and fear them. However, wolves are in many ways more like human beings than other animal species. They are social, highly intelligent, live in extended family groups/packs, and care deeply for their very young and very old. Sadly, we have hunted them to extinction and endangerment, but, interestingly, we are now cloning one extinct species. Their history is fascinating – and intertwined with that of the closely-DNA-related domestic dog.