{"id":36224,"date":"2018-03-24T11:47:08","date_gmt":"2018-03-24T11:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=36224"},"modified":"2018-03-24T11:52:29","modified_gmt":"2018-03-24T11:52:29","slug":"the-ingenuity-and-inventiveness-of-wolves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2018\/03\/the-ingenuity-and-inventiveness-of-wolves\/","title":{"rendered":"The ingenuity and inventiveness of wolves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Justice for Wolves they need us today<br \/>\nToo many hunters with too much to say<br \/>\nTheir reputation is so undeserved<br \/>\nLeaving me honestly feeling unnerved<br \/>\nThey have great resourcefulness<br \/>\nThat is their strength<br \/>\nAnd a  wolf is prepared to go to any length<br \/>\nTo protect the family<br \/>\nThat is their thing<br \/>\nThe pack comes together<br \/>\nAnd all of them bring<\/p>\n<p>Willingness team work<br \/>\nFraternity<br \/>\nMutual assistance<br \/>\nThese wild souls who be<br \/>\nWorking together<br \/>\nFaithful and true<br \/>\nWith combined understanding<br \/>\nIn all that they do<\/p>\n<p>The best of friends<br \/>\nDaring they be<br \/>\nThey dont take things lying down<br \/>\nCombatants see<br \/>\nIrrational fear<br \/>\nSophistical too<br \/>\nUnreasoned thoughts<br \/>\nIs what humans do<\/p>\n<p>They threaten and blame<br \/>\nThe wild wolf without seeing<br \/>\nFlaws in their argument<br \/>\nOver this being<br \/>\nReputations created<br \/>\nwhich are wholly unfair<br \/>\nIt does beg the question<br \/>\nWhy we are still there<\/p>\n<p>With our wrong impressions<br \/>\nAnd what is our false dawn<br \/>\nPreconceived ideas<br \/>\nOur fixation born<br \/>\nPerhaps from frustration<br \/>\nOur prejudiced eye<br \/>\nAnd disequilibrium<br \/>\nUnder the sky<\/p>\n<p>They are apex predators<br \/>\nWho valuate well<br \/>\nGreat arbitrators<br \/>\nWith so much to tell<br \/>\nUnbiased and dispassionate<br \/>\nSententious too<br \/>\nThey don&#8217;t kill for fun<br \/>\nJust to eat so to do<\/p>\n<p>Providing each other<br \/>\nWith sustenance they<br \/>\nAre super athletes<br \/>\nAnd can run all day<br \/>\nTheir brains 30 per cent<br \/>\nLarger than dogs<br \/>\nThey prefer wild food<br \/>\nAnd Are the cogs<\/p>\n<p>In the great wheel of life<br \/>\nWhere survival and need<br \/>\nTheir olfactory skills<br \/>\nAre all powerful indeed<br \/>\nOne hundred times stronger<br \/>\nThan any man<br \/>\nAnd mate for  life<br \/>\nReally since life began<\/p>\n<p>No such thing as divorce<br \/>\nor playing away<br \/>\nUnless partners die<br \/>\nThey always display<br \/>\nAcuteness and forthought<br \/>\nAnd good strategy<br \/>\nBut are used as scapregoats<br \/>\nBy us constantly<\/p>\n<p>Blamed for predation<br \/>\nOn cattle we know<br \/>\nIt seldom is wolves<br \/>\nThey are wise and they show<br \/>\nSharp wits and savvy<br \/>\nAnd good judgement too<br \/>\nUnlike the ranchers<br \/>\nWho dont have a clue<\/p>\n<p>Where we see oafishness<br \/>\nInanity<br \/>\nSo unenlightened<br \/>\nHow can it be<br \/>\nAll of this prejudice<br \/>\nAnd bigotry<br \/>\nFor the wilderness children<br \/>\nThe voiceless the free<\/p>\n<p>Their howling alarms some<br \/>\nThose unseemly fools<br \/>\nWho cast their dispertions<br \/>\nAnd so lack the tools<br \/>\nOf interpretation<br \/>\nAnd lateral thought<br \/>\nOf deductive reasoning<br \/>\nAnd thus come up short<\/p>\n<p>Creative endeavour<br \/>\nIs what wolves are about<br \/>\nHunting and killing them<br \/>\nConceals the doubt<br \/>\nAnd the misinformation<br \/>\nWhich is never great<br \/>\nDisingenuous preaching<br \/>\nDeceptive and false<br \/>\nConcerning the wolves<br \/>\nIs a matter of course<\/p>\n<p>In many ways humans<br \/>\nMay resent their power<br \/>\nTheir rich family bonds<br \/>\nFor them every hour<br \/>\nIs about the family<br \/>\nAnd all are involved<br \/>\nThe cubs are all priceless<br \/>\nMortalities solved<\/p>\n<p>The need is to care<br \/>\nAnd be ready to show<br \/>\nTo teach and to mentor<br \/>\nAnd stay in the flow<br \/>\nAn incorrigibility<br \/>\nA mind of their own<br \/>\nNot suited to change<br \/>\nNor of being alone<\/p>\n<p>Men are the evil ones<br \/>\nInjurious they<br \/>\nCause much distress to wolves<br \/>\nAnd make them pay<br \/>\nSome seem intent<br \/>\nOn wiping them clean<br \/>\nOff the planet such reasoning<br \/>\nSo wrong and so mean<\/p>\n<p>Justice for wolves<br \/>\nThey need us today<br \/>\nToo many hunters<br \/>\nWith too much to say<br \/>\nWho lack rationale<br \/>\nAnd sadly ascribe<br \/>\nBlame to the innocent<br \/>\nThe great wolf tribe<\/p>\n<p>The impotence of hunters<br \/>\nTheir unfitness shows<br \/>\nDisarm them and watch them<br \/>\nAs their fear grows<br \/>\nCowards in their camouflage<br \/>\nToothless they be<br \/>\nGnashing their teeth<br \/>\nBut not wanting to see<\/p>\n<p>A flabby senility<br \/>\nSpineless infact<br \/>\nHitmen secreted<br \/>\nAnd how they react<br \/>\nHigh fives and pissing their pants<br \/>\nEqually<br \/>\nA collision of consciousness<br \/>\nAnd apathy<\/p>\n<p>Who can kill cubs?<br \/>\nThe mainstay of the breed<br \/>\nOnly the hunters<br \/>\nThey can watch them bleed<br \/>\nWith excessive force<br \/>\nHeavy handedly they<br \/>\nCan dispatch the females<br \/>\nIn what is a display<\/p>\n<p>Of vile patriarchy<br \/>\nOf villainous pride<br \/>\nOf ill-prepared<br \/>\nHalf baked shit<br \/>\nFrom inside<br \/>\nMockers and scoffers<br \/>\nAnd cynics at play<br \/>\nFault finding carpers<br \/>\nWho bad mouth all day<\/p>\n<p>And all the wolves suffer<br \/>\nThe slander the smears<br \/>\nLife cannot get tougher<br \/>\nThe snidest of fears<br \/>\nWe defame and dishonour<br \/>\nWe traduce and malign<br \/>\nAnd imagine our profit<br \/>\nIs all by design<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Justice for Wolves they need us today Too many hunters with 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