Never Cry Wolf By Farley Mowat

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fact have a symbiotic relationship with the
caribou in that they keep the caribou population strong by hunting down only the
sick and weaker members of the herd. This leads to a situation where the
strongest caribou survive and thus the herd is made stronger. As well they
have their own social orders that ensure peaceful co-existence with one another
instead of being reduced to fighting amongst themselves. Before Mowat's
excursion conventional wisdom thought that that was the only interraction that
the wolves were capable of. In his group he finds a monogamous pair who are
raising their litter with assistance from another male wolf who Mowat terms to
be an "uncle". His previous assumptions which portrayed the wolves as cold
heated killers who lived only for the hunt, is challenged as he observes these
animals play and interact within their environment his previous assumptions
about the role that these animals play in nature. His attitude metamorphosis'
from one of disdain ...

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violate
nature and represent a threat to its sanctity. Even though this threat is not
reciprocated by nature, humans continue to infringe upon nature and then deny
the consequences of their actions. Two prevalent examples of this occur: when
Mowat accidentally wanders into the wolves den when the wolves' are there, and
again when he discovers a herd of deer that have been slaughtered by hunters.
Both examples show humans intruding upon nature and using it for their own
purposes.
In the first example Mowat decides to explore the wolves' den without
realizing that they are still inside. Once inside he discovers that they are
still there and he fears that he is going to be killed by ...

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