Comments on: Interview: Wolf Trainer Sausha Seus, on Filming Live Wolves

By: Tifa Eddy

Tifa Eddy — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 21:09:39 +0000

Very interesting. I remember my first wolf puppies. Their souls lay in Heaven now though.

By: WildWolf

WildWolf — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 21:06:12 +0000

I love how you don’t fear the wolf as a ton of other people do. I admire your job and would love to work with wolves myself.

By: timothy cox

timothy cox — Sun, 03 May 2009 20:06:39 +0000

i remember going to kane pa. to see the wolves in the 1960’s, i rember going into someone’trailer and seeing a bobcat sitting on a tv , those wolves were great, i would sure like to see some lobes again

By: Nancy Avolese

Nancy Avolese — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 01:15:58 +0000

I feel fortunate to have found this site. I admire all of the selfless work you do to preserve the wolves, their natural habitat, and their history. I too am interested in the Kane Lobo Wolves and Dr. McCleery who single-handedly saved this subspecis from extinction. He was a visionary and felt that if given kind treatment, wolves could be a friend to man.

By: ed wheeler

ed wheeler — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 16:56:13 +0000

It was interesting to read the comments by ms. dore on the McCleery wolves as I am currently managing them. The details of their history will be on their new web site soon. McCleerywolffoundation.org If you have questions contact me at McCleerywolf@gmail.com

By: William E. Chamberlain, Jr.

William E. Chamberlain, Jr. — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 14:00:12 +0000

I have dealt with wolves on a daily basis for 23 years. I live in the mountains in northern Nevada and I presently live with 15 of them. Like Seton, Smith, & Seus, I know first hand the social, ecological, and physcial value of wolves. Our hatred for wolves today is based on conditions and fabrications of the past. It is verifiable fact that their presence in the wild has had sigificant benefits beyond what anyone first thought when reintroduction of them was first considered. Wolves are an essential peice of Mother Nature’s complicated puzzle, and are to be recognized for their contribution to it. Without all the parts of nature in play, ecological imbalances naturally occur. With the vast number of ecological imbalances of today, we are undermining the environment in which we live, and jeopardizing our future on this earth.
From a social standpoint, wolves can teach us the ethics, values, and behaviors that will enable humans to be a far more positive contributor to nature than we are today. Wolves are the earth’s greatest teachers! Will we let ourselves learn from them???

By: tanYaisa

tanYaisa — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 08:27:15 +0000

Love the “Sawtooth Pack”……….been advocating for wolves over 2 decades. yOu all rock for HelPing stop the wolf slauGhter……..keep passing on the word. check out my myspace page tanyaisa

By: Dorothy Meadows

Dorothy Meadows — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:52:15 +0000

Do only male wolves have belly baskets?

By: mapbuff

mapbuff — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 02:47:11 +0000

My topo map set shows a Currumpaw creek that is just north of Clayton NM. The creek appears to drain the region NW of Clayton and south of the Cimarron river.

By: woldogged

woldogged — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 00:38:20 +0000

Nancy Bain wrote:

Someone mentioned that Lobo and Blanca were Mexican wolves. Probably not.

****In 1920, as the acting assistant district forester for the Forest Service’s Southwest region, Aldo Leopold proudly stated that the “New Mexican wolf population had been reduced from three hundred to thirty in just three years” (McIntyre 1995, pg. 189). His anti-predator efforts lead to the solidification of the alliance between southwest hunters, ranchers and the government. The same year, J. Stokley Ligon called for an international border patrol of trappers and hunters to deal with the “illegal alien” wolves dispersing from Mexico (McIntyre 1995, pg. 184). Even as Mexican wolf numbers continued to plummet, the federal government hired professional wolfers to hunt down the most elusive wolves. Here rose the legends of “Lobo, King of the Currumpaw” and his mate Blanca (McIntyre 1995, pg. 218)…****

JSTOR: Famous North American Wolves and the Credibility of Early Wildlife Literature

His account of the New Mexican wolves, Lobo and Blanca, was popu- lar …. such as Seton’s (1898) account of Blanca (mate of Lobo, King of Currumpaw) and a …
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rls=GGLG,GGLG:2007-31,GGLG:en&q=Lobo,+King+of+the+Currumpaw+mexican&start=20&sa=N

I wish I were able to read the entire study. But with what I read at the 1st link, I have a strong suspicion that “Currumpaw” isn’t the only fictional part of the story.

This was Mexican wolf territory and the odds of two non-mexican wolves establishing their own pack is not believable. Neither Lobo or Blanca were originally drawn to what Mexican wolves look like.
http://www.mainlesson.com/books/seton/wild/zpage042.gif

I believe Seton just wanted some extra flavor for his best seller book.

Apparantly