Wolves Off ESA

Wolves are off the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Many werewolves are worked up about this, howling about it, asking why they should be working and fighting alongside weredogs to fight a new species bent on erasing homo sapiens, the species that seem bent on wiping out all other species.

A dog spoke to our pack recently about the concept of "Wildlife Trust Doctrine." I had a hard time following her, but the jist of it seems to be that any state has a duty to protect it people and its resources and common heritage. Wildlife has no owners but belongs in trust to all citizens, in common. The state also cannot abrogate this duty, or it breaks trust with its people.

The broader fear of weredogs, and many people, is that if this common duty and trust is broken with wildlife, then it will be also with wilderness. Weres agree with many people that human culture is suffering from a "nature deficit disorder" (Richard Louv), being more and more disconnected with nature, and that it is having very damaging effects on humanity.

Kids are playing outside less and staying indoors more to play at video games and other types of computers. This is having negative effects on their health, physiologically and psychologically.

People who have a connection with nature better understand biodiversity, which is tied to the survival of everything, every species, the entire planet.

Being in and connecting with nature is essential for our health. The key benefit for all hunters, fishermen, climbers, hikers, paddlers, you name it, is being in nature. Nature is a tonic. It soothes our savage spirits.

So, ironically, all those ranchers and other wolf haters that compare the wolf to a modern T Rex (which is almost as funny as it is ridiculous) are vilifying more than just wolves, but the entirety of the wilderness upon which they stake their lives.

Werewolves are getting riled about this and that is another thing to worry about.