Me too Agnes.  He was such a beautiful little guy.  I remember thinking that collar might get him in trouble.  Not very long after that he was dead.  Such a terrible shame.  I hope they catch his killer/killers. 

I lived in Michigan in the 90’s.  There was a breeder who was breeding “pure-bred” wolves…so she said.  I was a reporter for an Ann Arbor newspaper.  The breeder told me that she was not breeding the wolves as “pets”…as they never adapt to being domesticated.  I cannot remember WHY she was breeding.  To re-invigorate the species, I guess.  What “harm” do wild wolves do?  Are the hunters hunting them protecting property?  Can wolves run wild in Nat’l Parks and open space? 

This blog is dedicated to the memory of Wolf 253, the beloved Yellowstone Druid wolf named Limpy, who was shot and killed in March 08, on the very day ESA protections were lifted for the gray wolf, by the then Bush Administration.