This second page "For the Wolves" was created to share even more beauty, music, information, poetry and stories. I will be adding to this page, little by little as I learn more and find interesting sites, organizations, and places to go to help the Wolves. I hope you enjoy my pages and please make sure to look at our first "For the Wolves" page too and sign the guestbook! Thank you.
Peace and laughter,
~Mysti
Wolves return Facts about the gray wolf:
* Also known as eastern timber wolf.
* Native to eastern United States, Canada. Virtually exterminated by early 1900s in northeastern United States.
* Michigan population at least 249, all in Upper Peninsula, plus 19 on Isle Royale.
* Preys mostly on whitetail deer, beaver, snowshoe hare.
* Five farmers have been compensated under state program for livestock lost to wolves.
* Attacks on humans extremely rare. No verified case of wolves killing people in North America.
Sources: Michigan Department of Natural Resources, International Wolf Center.
A pup went to his father with questions in his mind, about the world around him about life, nature and time. First he asked about the world, about how he came to be, about how he knew right from wrong and about the mystery of the sea.
The father smiled and answered his son in a riddled rhyme, "Your life will go onward from now and you shall know in time.
"But over the course of time remember that you have in your paw, the power to give life by mercy and the power to kill by the claw.
"But always know you are no king, for nature has given this power to others, Though they shall not harm those who live a good life, for all of nature is your sisters and brothers."
The pup nodded to his father then asked him some other words, About the bountiful river and the mighty caribou herds.
The father smiled and answered his son again,
looking into the young pups eyes, answering with the same soft spoken words, in the same riddled rhyme.
"The water we drink and food we eat is granted to us for life, but each must only take as much as they need,for that is only right.
"But each is destined to grow old,and to soon after have all health gone, So then they might fall prey to nature so that others may live on."
The pup again nodded once turning to his father to ask him of his life, How he had come to know all he did about his pain, suffering and strife.
"My son" he whispered to the pup still gazing in his eyes, "I know of what I speak my son, through using my own mind.
I'll tell you of what I've seen my son and of what the shamans preach, Live your life well but harm no other, for the purpose of life is to teach."
To this the pup just nodded, making this knowledge his own, he then sweetly nuzzled his father, as the enlightenment in his eyes shown.
Then the father spoke unto his son about the strangest of nature's clan, Of the ones who've learned so very little, he warned his son of man.
"Be fearful son of a race called man for they know not what they do, They have been gifted abilities far beyond our own, yet utilize so few.
They act not for their brothers and sisters, but for the betterment of one, They've violated many of natures laws but know not what they've done.
Man has abandoned the powerful mind he has
which first allowed him to thrive, But he will reap what he has sewn once he can no longer survive."
With that the father nuzzled his son and bid him on his way, knowing his son would lead a wealthy life and pass his knowledge on one day.
~Kayotae Blackwolf
When the buffalo are all slaughtered,
the wild horses all tamed,
the secret corners of the forest heavy with the scent of many men, and the view of the ripe hills,blotted by, talking wires,
Please wait for the music, you'll be glad you did~
Alaska is home to the largest remaining population of gray wolves in the United States. Some 7,000 to 9,000 wolves roam the state. But unlike wolves in the lower 48 states, wolves in Alaska are not afforded protection under the Endangered Species Act, and wolf hunting is allowed in most parts of the state. In the past five years, nearly 7,500 wolves were killed through hunting and trapping.
But the greatest threat to Alaska’s wolves is due to the overturning of a ban on aerial or same-day land and shoot wolf hunting. Alaska Governor Frank Murkowski signed a bill this summer that re-instates public "land and shoot" and airborne wolf shooting as a part of a renewed effort to conduct more widespread wolf control over huge areas of them until the wolves are exhausted. Then a person shoots from the air or lands and shoots the wolves as they flounder in the snow.
It's an inhumane practice -- causing harassment, wounding and death. Led by Defenders of Wildlife, the people of Alaska have TWICE voted to revoke land-and-shoot in the last seven years. But certain state officials want wolves killed to boost moose and caribou herds for hunters.
Defenders of Wildlife is committed to protecting wolves in Alaska, but we need your help. Please let Gov. Murkowski know you are outraged by this action by sending him the petition at the bottom of this page. And remember to tell your family and friends about this issue so that they too can take action. Alaska's wildlife legacy is a national treasure which should be safeguarded -- not slaughtered.
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