Based in the piney woods of Navasota, Saint Francis has offered a sanctuary to wolves and wolfdogs for almost 25 years. Not all the wolves at Saint Francis Wolf Sanctuary would have been native to Texas. A wolf named Lapua relaxes at the Saint Francis Wolf Sanctuary at Navasota. The Saint Francis Wolf Sanctuary began in 2002 by its founder, a British-born woman named Jean LeFevre. The sanctuary was the only USDA-licensed sanctuary for wolf and wolfdogs in the state until this year, when Twin Rivers Wolf Sanctuary in Iola, Texas secured its license.