(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...
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...
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...
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,...
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,...
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,...