I'm amazed at all the good done in Valko's name

Sometimes this community amazes me. I've seen multiple people inspired by the campaign to bring bac.k Valko "adopt" individual wolves from their local wolf sanctuaries, but there have also been group donation drives. The fundraiser for Shan Shui Wildlife Conservation Center hit its 5k goal in one day and looks to be on trac.k to break 10k before it closes on the 9th. Russian fans donated 300,000+ rubles to Chertog Volka. Right now there's a fundraiser for red wolves that's hovering around 800 but is set to run for another 5 months, plenty of time to reach it's 5k goal. And I know these aren't the only ones - I saw a Portuguese fan talking about their fundraising for an animal shelter, too. I'm sure other people are doing similar donations either individually or in drives.

Valko's cancelation hit a lot of us hard, but it is so sweet to see how many people have rallied and turned the frustration and sorrow not only into art and fanfic and community but also into inspiration to do good for real wolves. And it's not the first time the fandom has turned our love for these pixel men into charity - I heard about Rafayel mains who organized beach clean ups and I remember Zayne mains who raised funds for children's health care for his birthday. I hope we see more such works in the future - and I hope we can do this again for Valko's birthday!