I get where you're coming from, but wolves aren't tyrants. Stories like this that demonize wolves are why they are in danger of extinction, and why ecosystems, where wolves have been hunted out of existence (or nearly), are so out of whack.
Correct, and your sarcasm underlines my point. Anthropomorphizing wolves as evil, scheming demons (e.g. Red Riding Hood, the 3 little pigs) rather than ecosystemic extremely important apex predators leads to situations where laws to hunt wolves for sport to extinction get little to no pushback. The result is the explosion of grazing animals to the detriment of the entire ecosystem, from waterways and fish to birds of prey.
Take a look at the study of the totally unexpected and wonderful results in Yellowstone after the park reintroduced wolves into the park.
As Caity often points out: It starts with a narrative. "Wolves are evil schemers out til kill your grandmother." "They are 'tyrants' who will find any justification to kill a defenseless lamb."
You don't need a fable with a wolf. You can just use Nazi Germans and Jews, or Israelis and Palestinians, or Saudis and Yemenese and it is much more horrific because it historically or currently true.
I get where you're coming from, but wolves aren't tyrants. Stories like this that demonize wolves are why they are in danger of extinction, and why ecosystems, where wolves have been hunted out of existence (or nearly), are so out of whack.
They also don't typically carry on conversations with their prey, not that this isn't beside the point.
Correct, and your sarcasm underlines my point. Anthropomorphizing wolves as evil, scheming demons (e.g. Red Riding Hood, the 3 little pigs) rather than ecosystemic extremely important apex predators leads to situations where laws to hunt wolves for sport to extinction get little to no pushback. The result is the explosion of grazing animals to the detriment of the entire ecosystem, from waterways and fish to birds of prey.
Take a look at the study of the totally unexpected and wonderful results in Yellowstone after the park reintroduced wolves into the park.
As Caity often points out: It starts with a narrative. "Wolves are evil schemers out til kill your grandmother." "They are 'tyrants' who will find any justification to kill a defenseless lamb."
You don't need a fable with a wolf. You can just use Nazi Germans and Jews, or Israelis and Palestinians, or Saudis and Yemenese and it is much more horrific because it historically or currently true.
It's also not Aesop.
Apropos nothing