Wolves: Much Maligned, Very Endangered

Hello Everyone,

“Perhaps it was the eyes of the wolf, measured, calm, knowing. Perhaps it was the intense sense of family. After all, wolves mate for life, are loyal partners, create hunting communities and demonstrate affectionate patience in pup rearing. Perhaps it was the rigid hierarchy of the packs. Each wolf had a place in the whole and yet retained his individual personality. Perhaps it was their great, romping, ridiculous sense of fun. Is it any wonder that the myths of many tribes characterize the wolves not as killers, but as teachers?” ~ unknown

Normally I don’t get involved with causes, however the plight of the wolf is near and dear to me, because I have first hand experience and knowledge. For several years I lived in Montana. Actually, it was just when wolves were being re-introduced into Yellowstone. Talk around Montana bars and grocery stores was all about how terrible, awful, and scary this action by the government was going to be. I never took to participate in these conversations, but I did listen very carefully. What was clear to me was the tone was driven by irrational fear. Something deep in the psyche was being triggered.

In fact, more sheep are lost by disease and domesticated dogs than by wolves. Amongst ranchers a common defense against predators is to add a mule or donkey into the herd. These creatures make such a fuss and can kick up a storm. The real mean, spirited drive, though, is to exterminate them as useless, foul, and loathsome creatures. Misunderstood for centuries, the wolf is now recognized as a vital part of the ecosystem. For further illumination about how vital predators are to the ecosystem, please read my favorite book, Prodigal Summer: A Novel, by Barbara Kingsolver.

I also invite you to watch, Never Cry Wolf
, a story written by Farley Mowat and made into a film in 1983 where one man’s observation of wolves in the wilderness changes his mind about them forever.

Please contact the White House today. All it requires is for President Obama to say the word and replace the wolves back onto the endangered species list to halt the wholesale slaughter which is taking place right now.

Applied spirituality is all about growing your consciousness up so that you can actually choose a behavior rather than being subject to a knee-jerk response out of irrational fears and false beliefs. The deeper truth here is that there is not only room enough for all of us on this planet, but we each, wolves included, have an integral and important role to play. We are all God here. All of us, and all of them, too.

Now get to know the wolf, courtesy National Geographic.