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Lobo, Wolves & Wildlife Conservation
The story of Lobo (ca.1889-1894), the Wolf Who Changed America, and related topics
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...
Lobo the King Wolf Part III
"Lobo stands for Dignity and Love-constancy." – Ernest Thompson Seton Wolf Skulls The high ceilinged, dimly lit, quiet hall in Ottawa sees few visitors. Two wolf skulls gleam a startling white against a black cloth background, laid out on a heavy wood table....
Lobo the King Wolf Part II
Seton’s published account of the Lobo story came out in the November 1894 issue of Scribner’sMagazine – ten months after the wolf’s death. Repackaged with other stories late in 1898, his book Wild Animals I Have Known became an immediate best seller. The book has...
Lobo, The King Wolf, Part I
Lobo lived his wild romantic life from 1889 to 1894 in the Currumpaw (Corrumpa) region, as the ranchmen know too well, and died, precisely as related, on January 31, 1894. The fact that these stories are true is the reason why all are tragic. The life of a wild animal...
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