...Three little pigs dance in a circle singing "Who's afraid of the big, bad wolf?" Little Red Riding Hood barely escapes the cunning advances of the ravenous wolf disguised as her grandmother. Movie audiences shriek as a gentle young man is transformed before their eyes into a blood-thirsty werewolf, a symbol for centuries of the essence of evil. Such myths and legends have portrayed the wolf as a threat to human existence. Feared as cold-blooded killers, they were hated and persecuted. Wolves were not merely shot and killed; they were tortured as well. In what was believed to be a battle between good and evil, wolves were poisoned, drawn and quartered, doused with gasoline and set on fire, and, in some cases, left with their mouths wired shut to starve (Begley 53). Convinced that they were a problem to be solved, U.S. citizens gradually eradicated gray wolves from the lower 48 states over a period of 25 years. Today many people are convinced that the elimination of the gray wolf was not only an error, but also a detriment to the quality of life in this country. There has been a public outcry to rectify the situation created by the ignorance of our ancestors. However, in seeking to address a situation created by the human compulsion to control nature, it is crucial to discern how much human interference is necessary. Human control must be tempered by respect and restraint. Programs designed for the protection and restoration of wildlife must reflect deference for the...
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...The wolf has had an influence on the culture, art, and lore of human society since before historical times. The wolf is one of the most misunderstood animals in all of history. Theirs is a proud, yet sad, history. The wolf and dog are different species but yet have so much in common. Dogs were originally classified as “Canis familiaris”, in 1758. However, in 1993, dogs were reclassified as a subspecies of the gray wolf and renamed “canis lupus familiaris.”While it is true that there have been speculations that dogs may have descended from several species of canines, the wolf appears to ultimately be the ancestor of man’s best friend. The dog and wolf both share the same number of chromosomes (78, arranged in 39 pairs).The dog and the wolf can mate and give life to offspring. There are good chances indeed, that in the past the two species may have interbred, whether because of feral dogs may have escaped from being domesticated or because some wolves may have separated from their pack and started looking for a soul mate. At the same time, the outward appearance of wolves and dogs is markedly different. The wolf’s skeleton is higher and has a more arched spine. The wolf’s legs are heavier in build and are usually longer. Dogs and wolves run differently. A dog runs with a loping, almost casual gait, while wolves run in a springing motion with force from the hind legs propelling them forward. One main difference between the wolf and the dog is the mating; a dog can...
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...Name: Tutor: Course: Date: The Sea-Wolf In the year 1893, a man by the name Humphrey Van Weyden sets off on a journey on a ferry called the Martinez. Humphrey’s is later nicknamed Hump. Hump’s journey took a negative turn, and the Martinez gets involved in a collision. The ferry is set off course and is shipwrecked in the Bay of San Francisco. Hump then gets cast into the ocean. He is swept about by the sea waves almost to the point of drowning. A seal hunter called the ghost passes by, reaches to his rescue, and saves him from drowning. While on the ghost, Hump later becomes conscious and recovers from the ordeal. Upon gaining consciousness, he realizes that his body is being roughly handled by a sailor. The cook on board called Thomas Mugridge and the other sailor by the name Mr. Johnson have revived him. They explain to him that they got him out of the waters and took him onboard. Hump changes his soaked clothes with rugged woolen clothes that belong to Mugridge. He then learns that the ships name is the ghost and that it is headed for Japan. He received the nickname Hump, on the ghost. Hump seeks to be returned on land. He, therefore, approaches Larsen and requests him to be returned to shore but the captain denies his request. After some time, Hump informs them of the boat in San Francisco. He offers to pay them if they agree to return him to the shore. Larsen dismisses his plea stating that he is a drunken sailor. Captain Larsen appoints a sailor by the name...
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...Human Factors Red wolves are amazing animals, unfortunately, there are very few of them left making them endangered species. They’re only 90-110 red wolves in the wild. The red wolves are endangered because of illegal hunting and habitat loss. Luckily, there are people helping this cause. The U.S Fishland Wildlife and Service has helped the red wolf from being extinct. Some people are helping while others are just destroying habitats and illegally hunting. The Navy cancelled creating airstrips to help out the red wolves. In 1980 there were fewer than 20 red wolves in the wild. Thanks to the U.S Fishland and Wildlife Service they took them so that they can breed to a higher population. The ecosystem of the red wolf is important because it has the habitat of other animals too. We need to preserve this because without it the red wolves and other animals in the food chain can die off. Laws that protect the red wolves are now in effect to prevent people to hunt them. However, despite this law there are people who still illegally hunt animals so the red wolves need to be monitored closely. This is important because this is a very rare species and they control the population. Red wolves have a little population compared to other animals. It’s good to have people breeding them so that we can have more. We also need to help them because they’re not many left. Let’s hope one day the population will increase back to...
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...Josh Smith Dr. Tom Jones English 101 December 5, 2006 The Big Bad Wolf • Three little pigs dance in a circle singing "Who's afraid of the big, bad wolf?" • Little Red Riding Hood barely escapes the cunning advances of the ravenous wolf disguised as her grandmother. • Movie audiences shriek as a gentle young man is transformed before their eyes into a blood-thirsty werewolf, a symbol for centuries of the essence of evil. Such myths and legends have portrayed the wolf as a threat to human existence. Feared as cold-blooded killers, they were hated and persecuted. Wolves were not merely shot and killed; they were tortured as well. In what was believed to be a battle between good and evil, wolves were poisoned, drawn and quartered, doused with gasoline and set on fire, and, in some cases, left with their mouths wired shut to starve (Begley 53). Convinced that they were a problem to be solved, U.S. citizens gradually eradicated gray wolves from the lower 48 states over a period of 25 years. Today many people are convinced that the elimination of the gray wolf was not only an error, but also a detriment to the quality of life in this country. There has been a public outcry to rectify the situation created by the ignorance of our ancestors. However, in seeking to address a situation created by the human compulsion to control nature, it is crucial to discern how much human interference is necessary. Human control must be tempered by respect and restraint...
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...Economy Wolf Essay The wolves ecosystem is very interesting compare to other species. This species takes a big part in its environment in some areas because it controls the population of the animals thats on a wolves food web. A wolf is one of the most powerful predators in its ecosystem. And yet these fierce animals in the past few decades their survival has been on a peril. Its because wolves and humans co-exist and often compete with each other for survival. They fight for what’s really important like their environment and habitats which will lead up to fighting for food and water. Wolves have to face many difficult obstacles along the way in order to survive and continue on with life. A wolfs food web is unique in some ways because wolves...
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...Wolf Ecology Essay by Kyle D. The habitat that the wolfs are usually in the tundra to woodlands, grasslands and deserts. Today gray wolves populations located in alaska, northern michigan, northern wisconsin, western montana, northern idaho, northeast oregon, and the yellowstone area in wyoming. Wolfs are the only species to be deliberately driven to the brink of extinction by humans. Also wolves are carnivores The gray wolf a.k.a the timber wolf is found in the north american. It’s also the largest extinct animal in it’s family. The gray wolf is the most specialized animal out there. The gray wolf is also one of the world's well known and...
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...Wolf Hunting in Wyoming Mackenzie Nichols Psychology/Communications 353 October 25, 2013 Wolf hunting in the Western Mountain state of Wyoming began when the gray wolf was released from Canada into Yellowstone National Park, as well as surrounding areas, in 1995 and 1996. The original intention of the reintroduction of the gray wolf to Wyoming was because of past extirpation in the region. Because of the vast wilderness and an abundance of prey species throughout the area, it was seen as a suitable location for reintroduction. After the reintroduction, the numbers of gray wolves throughout the region soared. At the end of December 2011, numbers in Yellowstone reached an estimated 328 wolves, which included 48 packs and 27 breeding pairs. Outside of Yellowstone, numbers were estimated at 224, with 36 packs and 19 breeding pairs. (WGFD, 2013) These numbers are significantly higher than the required number to keep wolves off of the Federal Endangered Species List. Wolves in Wyoming are considered dual classified by state management. In the Northwest region of the state, gray wolves are considered and managed as “Game Trophy Animals”. This essentially means hunters are required to have a wolf-hunting license and may only harvest wolves during the season. Once a designated number of wolves have been harvested, as determined by Wyoming’s Game and Fish Department (WGFD), the hunt season in that specific area is closed. Every hunter who harvests a gray wolf is required by state...
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...The earliest known domestication of the canine The project I chose for my research paper was on the earliest known domestication of dogs and the divergence of their species from the grey wolf, which is believed to have been the first to be domesticated by early humans. In the research they sequenced the genomes of six canid individuals, which included three grey wolves as well as the Australian Dingo, Basenji, and the golden jackal. These three species were used to represent the broad regions of Eurasia which is where the earliest domestication of canines is believed to have occurred. The project used preexisting evidence and research that had revealed dog-like canids had first appeared in the fossil records as early as 33,000 years ago....
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...chose for my project is a Grey Wolf. Grey Wolfs are mammal’s they have fur and they are warm blooded. Wolfs are vertebrates they have a backbone. Wolfs are smart, and social animals. If there is a lost pup many of them would take them in but some of them will not in some cases they hurt the pup. Wolfs are Canines [Dog family]. Gray wolfs have long and bushy tails. There coat color is a brown, grey, and white colored fur. Some people say that they kind of look like a German shepherd. Grey wolfs are much bigger in the North then in the south. The average wolfs body size is 3-5 feet long. Female weigh 60-100pounds pounds. And Male wolfs weigh 70-145 pounds. Grey Wolfs are carnivores witch means they are meat eaters. They prefer...
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...Wolves have captivated human imagination since ancient times, and have sparked love and hate relationships among cultures that have come in contact with them. These misunderstood creatures expand their natural habitat from the northern lands of Alaska as far south as the Ethiopian highlands, exposing themselves to a rich variety of civilizations, who included them as a symbolic element of their folklore. In Europe, where the Red Riding Hood has its roots, wolves have played significant roles in many mythological tales, several portraying them as malevolent agents of chaos that must be eradicated to bring back order, so unsurprisingly, the wolf in Perrault’s and Grimm Brother’s version of the tale is no exception to this trend. Perrault’s wolf...
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...The Gray Wolf When you think of wolf, what do you see? A cute, fuzzy animal? Or, a vicious predator? How about both? The Gray wolf is a wonderful animal to study. But it wouldn’t really make a good pet. The appearance, food and behavior are coolest things about the wolves. Appearance. According to Animal Diversity Web, gray wolves' size depends on their habitat. Wolves in colder climates usually to grow larger than those in warmer climates. The males stand between 27 to 32 inches high at the shoulder and weigh 75 to 125 pounds. Females are slightly smaller. They weigh between 50 to 120 pounds and stand between 35 to 47 inches. The wolf's chest is narrower and legs are much longer. Fur Coat. The gray wolf has a long, thick and waterproof...
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...The Red wolf is an animal that is close to extinction there is not very many of them left in the wild. There is only 50 to 75 red wolves left in the wild in North Carolina and there is 200 that are in captivity across the United States. They usually eat small mammals like rabbits, raccoons, nutria, white tailed deer, and other rodents. The red wolf was almost hunted to extinction and they found 17 red wolves and breed them. Red wolves are mostly nocturnal and they use scent marking to communicate. Red wolves use to range from Southeastern United States from Pennsylvania to Florida and as far west as Texas now they are only found in North Carolina. The Red wolves dens are mostly located in hollow trees, stream banks, and sand knolls. They...
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...The Red Wolf: An Endangered Species The Red Wolf (Canis rufus) is an animal currently listed as endangered by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). As with many of the endangered species of the world, this species once inhabited an area much larger than it currently exists in. The USFWS as well as the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission (NCWRC) are currently working to secure a future for the Red Wolf. Historically, the Red Wolf, numbering in the thousands, roamed a vast area ranging from south central Texas to Florida and northward as far as the Ohio River. There are, however, those who maintain that the species existed as far north as Pennsylvania and others believing this area included Maine (USFWS, 2007). Regardless of how large their domain was the Red Wolf eventually became extinct in the wild. Those left numbered only in the few hundreds and lived in captivity. Not until 1987 did the Red Wolf return to the wild where they today only number just over 100, and these only exist in a very small area of eastern North Carolina. Organizations such as the USFWS and NCWRC continue to monitor the Red Wolf population. They have solicited help from local citizens who inform these groups of interactions with the species. Installing passageways, both under and over existing roadways, has increased access to habitat that limits the species mortality. Examples such as these help to insure an increase of the Red Wolf population. ...
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...FEAR: an unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous. In his book Never Cry Wolf (1963) the author, Mowat Farley is showing us a different side to the wolves. At the beginning of the book Mowat hears lots of rumors about the wolves through the people in Churchill giving him a natural fear of the wolves. As he continued his exploration of the Canadian North and his study of the relationship between caribou and wolves he learned more than he could ever imagine. To show his knowledge of the wolves he used the rhetorical strategies pathos to appeal to humor and personification. First, In the book Mowat uses pathos to show us the wolves innocence. He starts off by giving us the emotion of fear. When Mowat...
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