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Lobo, Wolves & Wildlife Conservation
The story of Lobo (ca.1889-1894), the Wolf Who Changed America, and related topics
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...
Lobo, Life and Death of a Gray Wolf
Lobo and Blanca, by Ernest Thompson Seton, Courtesy National Scouting Museum-Seton Memorial Library The “Lobo” story (as it is often called) is a quintessential American tale. It captures the grandeur and tragedy of the American West. Ernest Thompson Seton’s account...
Lobo, The King of Currumpaw Returns
Dear Lobo, This is my annual letter to my favorite wolf, my Letter to Lobo, Year 124 EE. Lobo, the great gray wolf of Union County. Lobo, the wolf who changed Seton from wolf killer to wolf protector. Lobo, The Wolf that Changed America, as stated in the title of the...
anno ab incarnatione lupus 123 E.E., Annual Letter to Lobo
Dear Lobo, I have been writing these to you yearly, expressing appreciation for all your work in the world, even dating a new historical era from the date of your death, now that BC, AD, CE, etc. seem irrelevant. January 31 of the Environmental Era is a special day...
anno ab incarnatione lupus
According to Julian/Gregorian calendar reckoning, we have entered the 2016th year following the birth of Jesus of Nazareth. The religious descriptor A.D. (in the year of the Lord) has been in widespread use for over twelve hundred years. The more secular C.E. (common...
Wolf! Annual Letter to Lobo
January 31, 2015 marks the 121th anniversary of the death of Lobo, a wolf trapped by Ernest Thompson Seton along the Corrumpa River in northeastern New Mexico. I have written in my book on Seton and elsewhere in this blog about how he underwent a psychological and...
Lobo the King Wolf Part IV
No hurrahs for Hollywood, but Seton’s Lobo story inspired two films. Clash of the Wolves (1925) starred Rin Tin Tin as “Lobo” in his 9thHollywood feature. Many years later, Disney released the Legend of Lobo (1962), “A tale of the Old West told in song and story by...
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