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Lobo, Wolves & Wildlife Conservation
The story of Lobo (ca.1889-1894), the Wolf Who Changed America, and related topics
Letter to Lobo, anno ab incarnatione lupus 130 E.E.
Screen shot, Colorado Wolf Reintroduction Dear Lobo, Deciding who has the right to be where and the right to which resources is perhaps the question for the ages. Your people were very happy to consume everything from bunnies to bison before we came along. My people...
Seton’s Call for Wildlife Conservation in 1900
The Century Magazine March, 1900 One of the first environmentalist articles was written by Seton and published in the March 1900 issue of The Century Magazine. This abridgment of “The National Zoo at Washington" reads much like today's environmentalist writing. The...
The Wolf That Changed America Reminder
A short note this time: In 2008 a London film production company created a documentary about Lobo, based on the Ernest Thompson Seton story. The American version may be found on PBS Passport (for members). Clips from the British version with narration by the...
(Editor’s note: Rick McIntyre will be known by many of you for his tireless efforts on behalf of wolves and as one of the most elegant spokespersons for wild nature through award winning books and lectures. Ernest Thompson Seton, who visited Yellowstone National Park...
Seton Legacy and Mountain Lion P22
Undated drawing by Ernest Thompson Seton My colleague Marita Prandoni shared an article from The Guardian about one of the best-known celebrities in Los Angeles. Mountain Lion P-22 lived without the company of other giant felines. He was stranded on a small wild...
Letter to Lobo, anno ab incarnatione lupus 128 E.E.
Seton canine sketch, undated Dear Lobo, It has been a year since I last wrote and 128 years since your untimely passing. A lot has happened since then but so little has changed. Don’t Pay Attention Human nature, for instance. You wouldn’t know about movies since they...
Ernest Thompson Seton, Lobo and Migratory Birds
Seton and Wolf, 1930s. Lobo (ca. 1889-1894) was Specimen #672, Canis lupus nubilus, resident of Union County, New Mexico. He demonstrated to Seton lessons in love and loss and most importantly taught Seton how to be human. Year 127 EE, Annual Letter to Lobo Dear Lobo,...
Hunt for Lobo Part II
Wolf Sketch by Ernest Thompson Seton Untangling the Past When Seton arrived in New Mexico in 1893, decades of hunting had decimated the previously abundant wildlife. Wolves had hunted animals from bison to pronghorn antelope. But by then predators preyed upon cattle,...
Hunt for Lobo Continues Today
Undated Seton Wolf Sketch Part I Seton had planned to spend the winter of 1893-1894 at his home in Toronto, and with luck, in New York as well. His professional future as an illustrator (and later, as a writer) resided in the American city. His manic work schedule,...
Lobo’s Story of wolf hunting in New Mexico
Detail of illustration from Lobo graphic novel by Jamison Chās Banks First introduced as a long form story in 1894, “Lobo, the King of Currumpaw,” became a star because of Seton’s 1898 book, Wild Animals I Have Known. Lobo’s story has resonated ever since, re-issued...
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