“The wolf legends demanded immediate revenge. Groups of colonists entered the forest, killed the predators, and restored their mastery over nature in a day… the legends offered a quick solution: regeneration through violence” HistoryEnvironmentalismFolkloreWolvesMythsViolence Against Animals Book:Vicious: Wolves and Men in America Source: Vicious: Wolves and Men in America
“To overpower savagery one must lash out savagely. In their stories Euro-American colonists invented and broadcast a vision of wolves as threats to human safety. They then modeled their behavior on the ferocity they perceived in wolves. Thus folklore explains not only why humans destroyed wolves but why they did so with such cruel enthusiasm.” HistoryEnvironmentalismFolkloreAnimal CrueltyWolvesMythsViolence Against Animals Book:Vicious: Wolves and Men in America Source: Vicious: Wolves and Men in America