Welcome
to Realm of the White Wolf!!!!!
In
this lifetime the wolf
is my spiritguide and
although many websites
have information
about the wolf. I will
not repeat what they have
said. Instead I will give
you some excerps from
several book that I have
in my arsenal of books
about wolves.
Wolves by Candace Savage
The Ninemile Wolves by
Rick Bass
The Return of the Wolf
by Steve Grooms
The Wolf Almanac by Robert
H. Busch
Wolf Hatred as Self
Hatred
Even after contemplating
the many factors causing
humans to fear and resent
wolves,
it's difficult
to account for the virulence
of wolf hatred. Ultimately,
it seems that wolves
have
suffered because they
remind us too much of
ourselves. The writer
Barry Lopex has
worked
out this theme in convincing
detail..Through the centuries,
Lopez argues, we
have
projected onto the wolf
the qualities we most
despise and fear in ourselves.
Wolves
have no simply
been misperceived, but
demonized and scapegoated
in a paroxysm of self-contempt.
Repeated, the wolf we
have persecuted is not
the actual wolf that hunts
and howls in lonely places,
but a conceived wolf we
have invented somewhere
in the spooky nether regions
of our own psyches.
Wolf Society
Wolf experts flinch when
they hear someone say,
"Wolves always....." Or
"Wolves never....."
While
wolves are orderly creatures
that behave according
to certain basis principles,
they're also
flexible
and difficult to predict.
Wolves are social animals.
Most of a wolf's personality
and behavior
is learned,
not genetically fixed
as "instinct". This makes
wolves less stereotyped
in their behavior
than
many animals. It also
makes them fascinating.
The Wolf Personality
Generalizing about the
"Wolf personality" is
tricky for several reasons.
It's difficult to say
which
personality characteristics
are inherent and which
are acquired through learning.
Wolves have
been described
as extremely "shy" and
fearful of humans. But
some of that shyness might
be a response of centuries
of persecution. Wolves
appear to be losing some
of their fear
of humans
in regions where they
have enjoyed protection
under the Endangered Species
Act.
Most wolves seeing
a human still swap ends
and vanish. Yet it is
becoming more common
for a wolf confronting
a human to gaze at the
person in thoughtful curiosity.
Second, social
animals like wolves don't
all have the same personality.
That only makes sense.
After all, dogs, even
from the same litter,
exhibit wonderfully diverse
personalities. Innuit
and other native groups
have occasionally been
amused to discover that
visiting biologist thought
all wolves were alike.
They aren't.
Third,
a wolf's personality changes
as the wolf matures and
assumes different roles
within the pack.
Pack
leaders are decisive,
outgoing and self-confident.
Pack underlings are obsequious
and
loyal to the leader.
Some low-ranking adults
are playful and goofy,
blending aspects of the
adult
personality with
puppy qualities. but when
a low-ranking wolf assumes
alpha status, it acquires
some version of the classic
alpha personality. With
all those qualifications,
what can we say
about the wolf personality?
the key to understanding
wolves is understanding
the social dynamics
of the pack.
For the pack to adhere
and function, it's members
must live cooperatively.
A wolf pack is held together
by bonds of affections.
Adolph Murie
wrote "The
strongest impression remaining
with me after watching
wolves on numerous
occasions
was their friendliness."
Reunions between pack
members are celebrated
with
a display of joy
that has been called the
"jubilation of wolves."
Any who has owned a dog
can understand the bonds
of loyalty that link pack
members.
The author concludes:
"While my work on this
book has convinced me
that it is dangerous
to
reduce wolves to symbols.
I believe that restoration
of wolves will be one
of the major
symbolic
events in human history.
As a species, humans have
been violent, greedy
and
shortsighted. Humans in
general-and Americans
in particular-have abused
wolves. We
owe it to the
wolf to try one more time
to work out a relationship
that protects legitimate
human interests while
allowing living space
for wolves. Further, I
would argue, we owe it
to
ourselves to try again
to manage wolves wisely.
When Americans learn to
tolerate and
respect wolves,
we will have exorcised
something singularly ugly
in our national character.
The true measure of the
morality of a political
society is how justly
it treats its least powerful
and popular citizens.
In much the same sense
the ecological decency
of a society can be
measured
by how it treats the most
troublesome and notorious
animal species. when our
society proves it has
learned to live with wolves,
we can begin to like ourselves
a little
better. It will
then be time to ponder
how we can improve our
relationship with several
hundred other species,
but not before pausing
to celebrate
the extraordinary
progress represented by
the return of the Wolf."
There are many institutions
that are working very
hard at preserving the
wolf and
returning them
to the wild. There are
also havens for abused
and abandoned wolves who
were at one time pets.
Please check them out
and help them make the
world safe for the wolves.
You will find these links
on my other wolf pages
as you browse through
them, enjoy your journey.
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