A WOLF AT YOUR FEET

Persecution of wolves has been going on since humans first arrived in Europe 43000 years ago so it's a complete mystery how the wolf managed to extricate some of its numbers in order to evolve into dogs. The human population, from the beginning, managed to wipe out every large carnivore that existed, and at the time all large predators went extinct including saber-toothed cats and giant hyenas. Wolves were no exception to this wholesale slaughter of killing off the competition except the wolf was clever enough to skirt this problem to a degree, allowing their species to survive.

Fast forward to the present day and you have a wolf at your feet in the house while out of doors wolves are still being hunted to extinction.

Hunting and cattle enterprises are going to be and are pushing their agendas forward to be the determining factors in whether wolves remain a viable species on the planet. These purely selfish, greedy motives should not serve as a standard for the elimination of an animal species vital to the ecological health of the environment. Notwithstanding the intent of legal instruments, history has demonstrated that societal values ultimately determine the survival of the wolf. In other words, we as interested members of the environment, the planet, the particular ecological system we inhabit, also have a voice and we should be able to announce to these special interest groups that their money and influence will not be the instruments allowing extermination of an animal species because of greed!