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> "On the ragged edge of the world
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> And the home of the Wolf
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> Robert Service
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> "I am the Wolf.
> Hear me. Know me.
> Do not fear me,
> I am the Great Teacher
> as well as the Warrior.
> I am loyalty, honour and love.
> I am Wolf and so are You."
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To look into the eyes of a wolf is to see into your own soul-
hope you like what you see. -Aldo Leopold
The degree of terror and obsession the werewolf
tends to inspire in the human mind may be caused by
several fundamental reasons that relate with the real wolf:
The wolf frightens the humans because of its howling,
its glow-in-the-dark yellow eyes, its hunting ability,
its silent walking, and its nocturnal activity. These
characteristics are easily related and explained
through supernatural and/or demonic phenomena.
Ever since prehistoric times man and wolf
have been hunting rivals. Because of technological
advancements, the man has managed to surpass
the wolf's hunting prowess; nevertheless, this
rivalry unconsciously persists in the man's mind.
The man has sought the wolf's extermination
because of superstition, and justified it with the
purpose of saving other animal species from
the wolf's predation. The truth is the wolf is an
integral part of its environment, since the animals
it hunts are, in general, the weak, old or sick.
Due to the man's devastation of the natural
ecosystems, the wolf must look after a new
way of providing itself food and shelter. If the
native species are substituted with farm animals,
the wolf will hunt them instead. The deaths
of farm animals by wolves are, almost in their
entirety, caused by urbanization.
The vast literature -much of it proofless- about wolves
has given them a bad reputation since ancestral
times. The wolf's got many human-like social ways
to behave (hierarchy, monogamy, pack
protection, etc.) which are always obscured by
the image of the ruthless, blood-thirsty beast.
The wolf is graced with a keep intelligence, a social nature, and a sense of curiosity - yet has been poisoned, shot, and trapped for centuries. It is not easy to transcend the image of the "Big Bad Wolf" that has filled our legends, our myths, and our minds.
Wolves are anything but bad. While strong and powerful, they settle most disputes within the pack not by fighting and bloodshed, but through ritual and fine-tuned communication. A piercing glance or quick snarl may be all that is needed to resolve differences. The wolf's strongest response to people is usually curiosity or fear, not aggression.
Throughout history, wolves have simply performed the purpose nature designed for them to fill. Predators such as the wolves are necessary for the balance of nature. That balance, however, has been critically altered in many wild areas as concerted efforts to wipe out wolves have been very nearly successful. It has taken people only 33 years to bring the wolf near to extinction.
Despite legal protection, this magnificent animal is still being hunted in Europe.
There isn't a single recorded instance of a healthy wolf killing a human anywhere
in the world.
Reference Sources for this and the following pages:
The Wolf Almanac, by Robert H. Busch - (Fitzhenry & Whiteside)
Wolves, by Daniel Wood
Battle of the sexes, in the animal world, by John Sparks (a BBC book)
Man Eaters, a study of the animals that pary on humans, by Michael Bright
Wolves - a portait of the animal world, Leonard Lee Rue III (Todtri)
www.wolfcountry.net Wolf Country
www.wolf.com Wolf.Com
www.ewolf.org Wolf Spirts
BBC Videos - Wolf, A story about survival
BBC Videos - Wolf, A Wildlife Special
Solitudes Tapes - Legend of the Wolf by Darr Gibson, Exploring Nature
More website listed on the Were Links page.
| Annual
Cycle | Pack
| Hunting | Reproduction
| Pups | Injuries
| Endangered
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| Origins
| Wolf Dog
Hybrids | General
Facts |
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