The Alaskan Wolf-Personal Narrative

In the article Saving America’s Wolves, by Kristin Lewis, the author uses second person point of view and this choice has an affect on the reader. Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be a wolf? Today, wolves around the country face many dangers today. Throughout history and folklore, wolves have been depicted as being dangerous predators that come after humans, but that is far from the truth. In fact, humans today are more of a danger to them as they are to us!

About a century ago, a man by the name of Farley Mowat was sent to the frozen wilderness of Canada to examine the actions of wolves and how their survival affects the plummeting of the caribou herds. While studying a pack of seven, he acquired a deep feeling of admiration for this certain pack of wolves. Almost halfway through the novel, Mowat gives each of the three adults a name that goes along with their role in the family. While living near a pack of seven wolves, Mowat soon realizes that they are not at fault for the decline in caribou society, as a matter of fact, they are doing quite the opposite. There is something far more powerful than wolves harming the population. Human kind itself is destroying the community of our nature. "I kept coming up with the fantastic figure of 112,000 animals killed by trappers in this area every year”(Page 86). With all the hunters and trappers in Keewatin, the population of most animals are immensely falling downward. Over the months, Mowat observes the wolves during their play time, how they hunt along with feeding the growing pups, and how they survive. After all, wolves are not what they are said to be. After realizing that wolves are not the problem, Mowat notices that wolves are actually

Chrysocyon brachyurus, more commonly known as the Maned Wolf, is one of the more peculiar canids residing in South America. While this animal may be classified as a wolf, it has several differences in behavior and habitat than its North American and European counterparts Amusingly dubbed the “fox on stilts” the maned wolf is the largest canid of South America with a more slender body plan giving the animal a slender almost gangly appearance. The species is known to dwell in savannah type habitats mostly in isolation until their breeding season sets in. The animals are omnivorous sticking to small mammals and vegetation they pose little to know throat to humans, however these animals are still subject to reduced mortatlity rates, putting them in a “near threatened” category. Unfortunately, there is only a limited amount of research available regarding the maned wolf, leaving a few holes to be filled in their profile.

During the 1940’s, wolves were exterminated from Colorado and few have come back since. As a result the ecosystem that we have in Colorado is somewhat skewed due to the absence of them. Many people think that wolves are a nuisance and would get in the way of the agricultural style that colorado has. However, wolves are considered a keystone species which means their “presence would reinvigorate the natural order” (clifford). For this reason wolves should be reintroduced into montezuma county. The reintroduction would greatly benefit and restore the balance of our ecosystem.

The grey wolf is believed to have originated from asia and crossed the Pleistocene bridge around 700,000 years ago. Nowadays, the gray wolf has been hunted nearly to extinction in the lower 48 states, however, some populations managed to survive and some were reintroduced and now mostly remain in Europe, Alaska, Canada, and Asia. Although this animal remains in small amounts, there are many things found and many things to be found about how and where it evolved from. Many studies from biologist can predict that the gray wolf evolved from a primitive carnivore called a Miacis that lived approximately 65.5 million years ago that lived in warmer climates in Asia and over time was separated and the species that split into the colder regions transformed

The Canadian wolf can look many different ways.They can grow anywhere from 2-3 feet tall. The Wolf has fur and claws. When you think of a wolf, you can compare it to a dog. The teeth are just like a dog’s teeth. The Wolf’s tail is just like the rest of it’s body, fluffy and soft. A wolf is most likely to have blue or brown eyes. A wolf has four short legs, but they can run fast. The male can weigh anywhere from 70 lbs- 200 lbs. The female weighs about 50 lbs- 100 lbs.

There are numerous elements in Tobias Wolf’s short story ‘’ Hunters in the Snow ‘’. To start off, there is a problematic friendship going on between a group of men. These ‘’ friends ‘’, Frank and Kenny, seem to constantly ridicule and tear down their insecure friend Tub. After a series of unusual events Tub ends up shooting Kenny during their hunting trip. Shortly after this peculiar incident Frank and Tub seem to grow closer and begin to confide to each other about some disturbing things that are occurring in their personal lives. For instance, Frank plans on leaving his wife for a 15 year old girl and Tub had been lying to his wife about his ‘’ bad glands ‘’ and is actually overweight on purpose. These confessions are not only uncalled for but they reveal to the reader some important qualities about these two particular characters. Frank, for starters, might enjoy taking advantage of people. The girl he is ‘’ in love ‘’ with is only 15 she has never had any kind of independence, and she cannot even fathom what the real world is like which makes her easy to control. So

In the ecosystem organisms rely on each other for food and protection. The Food chain is like a pyramid you have the producers, primary consumers, secondary consumers, tertiary consumers, and quaternary consumers. It’s an almost perfect balance and if any level were to just stop existing then the food chain would be destroyed. An example of organisms relying on others is an issue of isle royale were the wolves and moose population are in jeopardy. This relationship is important because without the other animal the population would die.

When gray wolves are born, they are blind and deaf; they must be cared for until they mature. Because the ranchers keep killing them, the wolves are becoming extinct. The wolves like wooded areas; the Turtle Mountains are an example. Besides they keep the ecosystem healthy for the other animal. The ranchers and the people that make the endangered calls are whom this is between. This started to happen in the 1850 to the 1900, when millions were getting killed for their meet. It made the call for being endangered in, 1907 and they are still endangered today. The wolves are enlisted endangered east of highway 83, but not west of highway 83. The wolves need to live for the ecosystem’s health, they should not die just for the cattle. Nevertheless,

On Thursday October 19, 2017, at approximately 9:45 am, I visited the Wind Wolves Preserve to conduct my observations. The sun was shinning and the weather was beautiful hitting the high 70’s while I was out. It’s important to note that the Wind Wolves Preserve has many of the terrestrial ecosystems. This is one of the many interesting things that I discovered about this special place. I find it interesting that the preserve transitions from one terrestrial ecosystem lower in elevation and as you go higher in elevation you can enter into different types of terrestrial ecosystems. For example, the pamphlet informed me “The rolling grasslands rise from the valley floor and transition into the classic California oak and valley oak savanna with

It’s always been a worry that a species will die out by non-natural causes, mainly from the human population’s negative effect. This was the concern for the wolf species for years and its declining population.

After the bear encounter yesterday, I quickly set up my tent and thought for awhile. I thought about what got me here in the first place, and what I could have done to get out of that. I thought about what I could possibly be doing at that exact moment if I never got myself into dillema. I thought about how stupid I am.

In a pack of wolves, there will always be one alpha wolf. This would be the so called leader of the pack. The leader of the pack has the most influence. Society works in a similar way. In America we elect the president that has the most influence in the country. As in the pack of wolves, leaders tend to have a special something which makes people gravitate towards them.

The cold wind wisped across my neck, my heart was beating so fast it felt as if it Were going to stop then in there. jesus and I were standing in the doorway of the lone abandoned cabin. It all started when Jesus and I planned a hunting trip in Fall 2025, we decided to go to Alaska to hunt bear and elk. We were going to stay in the foothills for a week, then venture into to rigid mountains of Alaska. Jesus and I were going to meet up with an old buddy of ours in the small town of blowing rock AK. his name was Dominic or as we call him Dom for short, Dom was a big game hunter and hunted in the mountains and foothills of blowing rock many time. however, this time we would venture further on into the depths of the cold alaskan land. Jesus and I arrived in the small town of blowing rock our time there went by very fast and we were ready to face the cold unforgiving mountains of Alaska. we packed all our snowmobiles and we set off to face the first 10 miles of our adventure.

The cold wind wisped across my neck, my heart was beating so fast it felt as if it were going stop then in there. jesus and I were standing in the doorway of the lone abandoned cabin. It all started when jesus and I planned a hunting trip in Fall 2025, we decided to go to alaska to hunt bear and elk. We were going to stay in the foothills for a week then venture into to rigid mountains of alaska. Jesus and I were going to meet up with an old buddy of ours in the small town of blowing rock AK. his name was Dominic or as we call him Dom for short, Dom was a big game hunter and hunted in the mountains and foothills of blowing rock many time. however, this time we would venture further on into the depths of the cold alaskan land. Jesus and I arrived to the small town of blowing rock our time there went by very fast and we were ready to face the cold unforgiving mountains of alaska. we packed all our snowmobiles and we set off to face the first 10 miles of our adventure.