WILDERNESS CHAMPIONS PHOTO GALLERY I fell in love with wolves when I was about 12 years old. I loved to read books about animals from the school library. One day I picked out a book, THE WILDERNESS CHAMPION, by Joseph W. Lippincott. To this day it is still one of my favorite books and I have read it a million times. The book brought to life for me the trials and journey of a dog, Reddy, who was raised by wolves, one wolf in particular, the KING. King was a black wolf, alpha male in his pack. The story kept me enthralled and opened my eyes to the fact that wolves were not the monsters they were often portrayed to be. Thus began my love for these beautiful creatures. Wolves are not killers of man. In fact, chances are that you will never see a wolf in the wild because they will run from humans before you are even aware they were there. Unfortunately, in the lower 48 states they are on the endangered list. Wolves have just recently been reintroduced in some states whose populations of wolves were zero. It has been a long and arduous process, with much opposition along the way. However, the wolves are thriving in some areas, despite some tragic turn of events. Wolves are extremely pack and family oriented. They play together and hunt together. Wolves raise their young as a family unit with all adult wolves partaking in rearing the young pups. To lean more of the struggle for reintroduction, please visit the North American Wolf Association (see link below). There is a great website that I found, NORTH AMERICAN WOLF ASSOCIATION. This wonderful site chronicles the fight to reintroduce wolves into the wild. I highly recommend a visit to this beautiful and thought provoking site. Be prepared, it will touch your heart. I have attached links to other websites about wolves. They are educational, have great photos, stories and myths. If you really are interested in learning about wolves, I suggest visits to these sites. You won't be disappointed. If you have a website that promotes the education of the public on Wolves and their survival, please apply for my Wolf Advocacy Awards on my Apply for Awards page. Some of the photos on this page were scanned from: Wolves, by Daniel Wood; Wolves - a portrait of the animal world, Leonard Lee Rue III; Trail of the Wolf by R.D. Lawrence
I fell in love with wolves when I was about 12 years old. I loved to read books about animals from the school library. One day I picked out a book, THE WILDERNESS CHAMPION, by Joseph W. Lippincott. To this day it is still one of my favorite books and I have read it a million times. The book brought to life for me the trials and journey of a dog, Reddy, who was raised by wolves, one wolf in particular, the KING. King was a black wolf, alpha male in his pack. The story kept me enthralled and opened my eyes to the fact that wolves were not the monsters they were often portrayed to be. Thus began my love for these beautiful creatures.
Wolves are not killers of man. In fact, chances are that you will never see a wolf in the wild because they will run from humans before you are even aware they were there. Unfortunately, in the lower 48 states they are on the endangered list. Wolves have just recently been reintroduced in some states whose populations of wolves were zero. It has been a long and arduous process, with much opposition along the way. However, the wolves are thriving in some areas, despite some tragic turn of events. Wolves are extremely pack and family oriented. They play together and hunt together. Wolves raise their young as a family unit with all adult wolves partaking in rearing the young pups. To lean more of the struggle for reintroduction, please visit the North American Wolf Association (see link below).
There is a great website that I found, NORTH AMERICAN WOLF ASSOCIATION. This wonderful site chronicles the fight to reintroduce wolves into the wild. I highly recommend a visit to this beautiful and thought provoking site. Be prepared, it will touch your heart.
I have attached links to other websites about wolves. They are educational, have great photos, stories and myths. If you really are interested in learning about wolves, I suggest visits to these sites. You won't be disappointed.