"...We buried River. While I was digging
the grave I thought of all the other wolves I had met and how many of those
were dead. Killed by other wolves in pens that did not let an ostracized
animal escape. Killed in scientific experimanets. Poisoned
by people who hated wolves. Shot by neighbors who feared them.
Wolf pups that had been killed by animal caretakers because there were
simply too many to be fed and housed, and no one had taken the responsibility
to isolate the sexes when the females were in estrus. Killed by people
who professed a love for wolves who, because the wolf puppies wouldn't
housebreak like dogs, or because they didn't look royal blooded enough
after losing an ear or the tip of a tail in a fight, didn't want them around....I
didn't know what to say to the man who killed River. I didn't know
what to say to River. I just stood there in an afternoon rain trying
to remember what I'd learned in his presence."
(Barry Lopez)
WHITE WOLVES
Oddly, many of the outlaw wolves were white
wolves.
The Sycan Wolf was from Oregon while
the Ghost Wolf of the Little Rockies
and the Snowdrift Wolf were both in Montana.
The Pine Ridge Wolf and Custer Wolf
lived in South Dakota and Old Whitey was from Colorado.
It was said that many of the white wolves
were born and lived on Indian reservations.
The Pryor Creek Wolf was of the Crow reservation.
The Ghost Wolf of the Little Rockies was of
the Fort Belknap Reservation.
The Pine Ridge Wolf was of the Pine Ridge
reservation.
Maybe the Creator was trying to tell mankind
something...
and maybe mankind missed the point.
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