Scottish Pet Portraits About wolves(2)
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Wolves only infrequently bark, and then it is a quiet
"woof" more often than a dog-type bark. They do not bark continuously like dogs but woof a few times when a stranger approaches the pen. Barks reported from the field are associated with the pack's being surprised at its den and an animal, usually the female, rising to bark a warning.
Barry Holstun Lopez Of Wolves and Men
It was wild, untamed music and it echoed from the hillsides and filled the valleys. It sent a queer feeling along my spine.It was not a feeling of fear, you understand, but a sort of tingling, as if there was hair on my back and it was hackling.
Alda Orton Alaskan trapper
Man is only just beginning to reach a simple knowledge of the wolf. The secrets remain hidden beneath a veil of misunderstanding. Man does not see the world of the wolf in it's proper perspective and does not know how to come to terms with it. Instead, he believes that we are the masters of creation and he refuses to accept that the animals are the ones who are constantly in touch with the realities by which we live and die.
But the wolf can teach us. With it's uncanny perceptions, and a social structure that closely resembles our own, wolves challenge us to be wise.
Debra McCann http://users.ap.net/~chenae/welcome.html
The wolf exerts a powerful influence on the human imagination. It takes your stare and turns it back on you.
Barry Holstun Lopez Of Wolves and Men
If the wolf is to survive, the wolf haters must be outnumbered. They must be outshouted, outfinanced and outvoted. Their narrow and biased attitude must be outweighed by an attitude based on an understanding of natural processes.
L.David Mech
Dr. David Mech of Minnesota is considered the world's leading authority on the wolf, and perhaps more than any other person, has been responsible for a major change in human attitudes towards this most misunderstood predator.
Trees for life is a Scottish charity dedicated to the re-generation of the Caledonian Forest in the Highlands of Scotland. They aim to restore the forest to an area of
1000 square kilometres (600 square miles) and eventually re-instate the animals formally part of the natural forest
eco-system, including predators such as the wolf.
Trees for life consider that the wolf is one of the species whose habitat requirements are closest to being met, and therefore is most suitable for re-introduction. They acknowledge that socio-economic factors and cultural attitudes will have to be addressed before this can happen, and propose compensation measures for livestock losses, similar to schemes already used in some European countries and the USA.
www.myinternet.co.uk
Wolves, like all other wildlife, have a right to exist in a wild state in viable populations. This right is in no way related to their known value to mankind. Instead, it derives from the right of all living creatures to co-exist with man as a part of natural ecosystems.
Wolf Specialist Group of the Species Survival Commission,
of the World Consevation Union (IUCN)
Quoted from the excellent UK website Wolf Trust
The last wolf in Scotland probably died at Helmsdale, in the Highlands, about 40 miles to the north of where I live, some time before Bonnie Prince Charlie raised his standard at Glenfinnan. It is not too late to right this ancient wrong.
James Collins