Wolves once roamed North America as did Native Americans. With the migration westward, wolves were systematically eliminated. This persecution reached its climax in the late 1800s in the Northern Rockies. In a 25 year period at the turn of the century, over 80,000 wolves were killed in Montana alone.

Children have been raised to fear wolves. Fairy tales, stories and songs about the wolf perpetuated a general misunderstanding that the wolf was a violent and devious killer. Those of us that know and love our brother/sister wolf know that this is not true and must reach out to the general public to change their attitude towards our brother/sister wolf.

The pack leader is called the alpha male and his mate is the alpha female. As social animals, wolves exhibit behavioral patterns that clearly communicate dominance or submission to each other. The communal howling of a pack serves to assemble it members, communicate with other packs, advertise its territorial claims, or it may be a way of expressing pleasure. Visual and scent signals also play an important part in communication.