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Every year St. James' renews the adoption of an
Iberian Wolf.
The future of the protection of the wolf will depend on all of us. Our universal vision of the world must change, in view of a planet which, continuously, needs to change attitudes and understand the importance of the roles of all the species in the Ecosystem, especially that of the wolf.
 September 2011 Robert Lyle was one of the founders of the ’Grupo Lobo’ and
collaborated with the Wolf Society of Great Britain.
He was born in the United Kingdom and majored in
Music.
In 1940 he joined the army and served in the First
Armored Division in Cairo during the war.
After the war he worked as a journalist, latterly
subscribing to the spiritual movement ‘Subud’.
In 1960 he moved to Italy. He wrote 2 books about
‘Subud’ and a third about Frédéric Mistral (Nobel
Literature Prize 1904).
In 1963 Robert moved to Portugal and in 1985 founded the ‘Grupo Lobo’. In 1988 the ‘Grupo Lobo’
was asked to provide shelter for a wolf captured in the ‘Tras-os-Montes’. Ambar was received in an
enclosure in the house of a member of the ‘Grupo Lobo’, living in the Vale de Guarda. In 1989 the first
enclosure of the CRIL was built on land owned by Robert. Later with the help of the ‘Fundação Bernd
Thies’ the centre expanded to 176 hectares, with seven enclosures.
While Robert was director of CRLI, he managed to have the centre recognized internationally,
receiving volunteers from various parts of the world.
In 1995, Robert retires from the management of the ‘Centro’ even though he remained involved for
more years. He wrote various articles about the ‘Centro’ and was named in various articles and
television programmes. Robert wrote various books about CRLI which were not published and also
wrote the book ‘Lycoptos’, about his study of the wolves behavior in the ‘Centro’ and the ‘Tapada de
Mafra’, which was published by the ‘Wolf Society of Great Britain ’in 2001.
In 2002, Robert was made Mason of the Wolf Society of Great Britain.
Passion for wolves.
Robert had a passion for wolves and for the preservation of these magnificent animals. His interest
spread to those who knew him. He was entirely dedicated to the wolves in the ‘Centro’ and made their
comfort and well-being his primary objective in life.
Robert placed the wolves in front of his own personal agenda, in the centre of all our attention,
preferring to ignore his own fame and concentrate it on the CRLI wolves.
 May 2011 We visited the wolf center ‘CRLI’
Years 2 and 3 went to see the wolves in Mafra and had a wonderful time! They had quite a hike
through the forest and enjoyed a lovely picnic in the woods. The children were separated into two
groups for practical reasons and we were all fortunate enough to see several wolves at close range.
The wolves were being fed during our visit to enable us to better view them. We managed to see
Prado, who is getting rather long in the tooth, as well as a pregnant Faia and our very own rathe
shy Soajo.
The guides (Filipa & Filipa) taught us many new and interesting facts about the Iberian wolf,
speaking at length about its way of life and the risk of this beautiful animal becoming extinct.
How lucky we are that CRLI is doing such a wonderful job at caring for, nurturing and
rescuin wolves at risk – of course with our help and support as well.
Visit ‘Centro de Recuperação do Lobo Ibérico’,
Quinta da Murta. Picão 2665-150
Gradil, Mafra. Portugal
Tel: 261 785 037 mobile: 917 532 312
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May 2011
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Prado, JPS PHOTO 2005
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Wolves come visit us at school!
children from Years 2 and 3 were visited by the project 'Wolves come to School'. This is an initiative to raise school children’s awareness of the wolf, through lectures, according to the characteristics of the target group, and supported by teaching materials developed by the association, including slides and brochures, among others, targeted to captivate their interest
in the wolf.
‘Known (to preserve) the wolves’
This activity provides more information to our visit next Friday 13th May 2011, to ‘Centro de Recuperação do Lobo Ibérico’.
 25, May 2010
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Farewell, Tojo
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Farewell Tojo
It was with great sadness that we were informed that Tojo has gone. 'The Iberian Wolf Center (CRLI)' kindly propose for our adoption the youngest wolf called SOAJO.
Soajo is the son of 'Zimbro' and 'Aura' and lives with his sister
'Faia' in the most wonderful enclosure (C4b), where people can
enjoy their moments of play; they were both born in June,
2008.
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