Heart of the Wolf Organization News 1/21/2010

1) We recently saw the show Clash: Encounters of Bears
and Wolves on PBS.

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/clash-encounters-of-b
ears-and-wolves/introduction/5430/

It was a part of the program Nature and is now available
on DVD.

Although the program says it's about bears and wolves,
it also focuses on other creatures in Yellowstone, such
as ravens, coyotes, and more.

So it isn't a sole rivalry between bears and wolves.

I watched this with one of our supports and they pointed
out that it's alot like Yellowstone: Battle for Life.

But it is different in parts. This program focuses more
on the species and the seasons are in the background,
whereas with Y:BfL, the seasons are more talked about.

The cinematography is not too bad. There are high quality
shots, and even some that make you feel like you are there.
A few times the quality suffered a bit, but sometimes
that can be unavoidable, regardless what equipment you have.

It is fascinating how the show shows the interconnectedness
of all the creatures that inhabit Yellowstone. However it
should be noted that the beginning states that bears once
solely ruled the roost. Not so, when wolves were there
before being exterminated totally, they were both there.
Now with reintroduction, or lack thereof, wolves are living
with bears, as you will see in the episode.

The famous Druid Pack makes a cameo in the film. Although
they are known to be aggressive, they make a surprising and
interesting show of mercy and compassion. There are those
who think wolves are still monsters and villains. This
will show otherwise.

There was an interesting part that even wolves are followed
by a grizzly who the wolves let follow along when they
were hunting.

I really think you should check out this film. It's on
their website by the way:

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/clash-encounters-of-b
ears-and-wolves/video-full-episode/5493/

Rating: 4/5

2) Petersen Hunting Magazine's February/March 2010
covered an issue that we as activists need to be
concerned about.

This magazine thinks that their industry is in
danger. Well we aren't against it being in 'danger'.
Hunting they claim, is in danger because at
universities hunting isn't being taught as much
to students. As if that's a bad thing. It's actually
a good thing.

Hunting is all about men and women who get not only
gratification, not only on a sexual level, of slaughtering
animals, but makes them feel like they accomplished
something.

No, it is not. You don't understand nature by putting
bullet holes in it. It is through understanding, which
is through science. Which is why people who are interested
in studying about something, have -ologist attached to their
title.

For instance, if you studied lifeforms, you are called a biologist.
Which bio, means life, and ology, means study of. Ology doesn't
mean destroy.

Otherwise archaeology would mean the destruction of artifacts
and legacies of ancient civilizations, which we wouldn't do
that, but again, since wolves aren't human, some like this
magazine want to manage and destroy.

This magazine thinks that without hunting, wildlife management
will fall apart. Wildlife shouldn't be managed. We have to
co-exist with them. Where has management got us? Packs
annihilated, some from the original packs of the reintroduction
of wolves in Yellowstone. Some wolves have gotten sexually
mutilated in Sweden. People who hunt wolves have a sadistic
streak that would make a murderer fail in comparison. But
because wolves aren't human, they don't get as much respect
or attention.

The magazine slams children from the city who are interested
in wildlife and want to educate people about it. They wonder
why people who are not like them, who slaughter animals, are
interested in teaching about animals and disdain hunting and
such.

Well first of all, hunters are from the city too. And they go
home to the city. They publish their propaganda in magazines
like this, from the city. Hunters get their guns from the city.
Guns come from the city, as well as gun laws, and their
supporters.

Ultimately their point is moot. And this magazine article trying
insult people who learn from the information about nature from
Discovery and zoos is moot. There are other networks who have
information about nature. As well as factual books and videos
and sanctuaries. But they shoot these down too. Why? It doesn't
fit into their tunnel vision.

Their justification of course is that hunting pays for wildlife
management and protection. Ok, so yeah, that's blood money
then essentially. It would be like having the human organ black
market help pay for the organ transplant programs.

Keeping the hunting industry involved with protecting nature and
it's rightful growth would be a great ideas as having wife
beaters working at women shelters. Or having a serial killer in
the military.

In otherwords these hunters fear that those with rational minds
about nature, are going to end their industry where they make
money, and enjoy the lives they destroy on a regular basis.

Right now Anthony Marr, who created Heal Our Planet Earth,
HOPE, is forming a campaign to help stop hunting. We are a part
of it since we want to see the end of hunting of wolves.

http://www.facebook.com/people/Anthony-Marr/584150862#/pro
file.php?id=584150862

Petersen's Hunting Magazine also has listed wolves on their
site, we need to stop hunting not of just wolves but other
animals.

http://species.petersenshunting.com/taxonomy/term/531/all

Hunting needs to stay out of the classroom as well. Hunting is
unethical and it isn't about protecting and understanding what
nature is about. It is about the destruction of it, for money and
sick gratification.

Please help stop hunting wherever you can today!

3) Lastly a wolf photographer was stripped of his prize. There
was no investigation. And innocent before proven guilty
obviously is a foreign concept. There was no proof that the
photo contained in the photo below was a fake. If there was, it
would be a different story.

Could it be the judges hate and fear wolves? We won't know the
reason. Either way, it is a sad day for wolves and photographing
them.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34979410?GT1=43001

Mike Wagner
Founder and Executive Director of Heart of the Wolf Organization
http://www.heartofthewolf.org
WOLF MEDIA NEWS 1/21/2010
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