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| About The Wolf |
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| In early times American Indians and settlers exited together in harmony with the wolf.
The wolf was respected as a wise and cunning hunter; many of the wolf’s ways were adopted by these pioneers. It wasn’t until the white man became a rancher, raising livestock for food instead of hunting wild game that the wolf was looked at as a threat, and therefore and enemy. The white man’s inherent nature is to control that which he does not understand; if something is feared or not able to be controlled then we want to destroy it. As man began to hunt wild game as a sport this further decreased the wolf’s popularity, as a result we set out to destroy the wolf and nearly succeeded in making them extinct. As we became more ‘civilized’ we tended to distance ourselves from the wilderness, while the wolf remained a wild predator. Today the wolf represents the symbol of our wilderness; a part of our culture man has distanced himself from and tried to forget. It’s only been in recent times that we have attempted to protect and preserve the wolf as an endangered species. The wolf in the wild has an inherit right to exist. Hopefully they can teach man to see their species in a new light. We need a wiser and more mystical concept of the wolf and all the species represents. We humans judge wolves by our own standards. The wolf lives in a world where human standards have little meaning or purpose. They survive in a harsh environment with grace , dignity and respect for the pack. . Man should learn from the wolf and not she this magnificent creature as something to hate or fear. The wolf is highly deserving of our acceptance and understanding. The wolf has much to teach us if we only open ourselves to the lessons they provide. |
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