-A Very Sad Follow-Up to Nature’s Lament-
“Crying Wolf,
Is the Real Danger.”
David Attenborough
We humans are extremely arrogant, and self-serving
We even try to blame the Earth’s animals, these days
For our self-inflicted, rapidly declining, natural world
The Attack on Unimak, highlights this in so many ways
Unimak is a remote island in the Aleutians in Alaska
Only about 60 hardy souls, permanently reside there
Most of the island is a designated ‘Wildlife Sanctuary’
Designed to protect remaining wolves and brown bears
But, alas, this tiny island is also home to some caribou
Who, like most wild animals today, are on the decline
Unfortunately, for the 25-30 wolves that still exist there
Caribou are part of their natural diet, on which they dine
Officials in Alaska want our government to look the other way
While they shoot down these remaining wolves, from the skies
You see, Trophy Hunters pay huge amounts, to hunt its caribou
And blaming wolves for our vanishing caribou, is just another lie
Between the years 2001 and 2008, hunters killed lots of these caribou
Not to eat them, but to boast of Trophy Caribou Heads, for their walls
“But Hell, Mr. Secretary, Head of the Bureau Designed to Protect Them,
We All Know That These Damned Old Wolves Are to Blame, After All.”
I, myself, have visited these remote Aleutian islands
Not many Americans, would even want to live there
Yet, in our modern day arrogance and self-importance
We begrudge them, to the last remaining wolf and bear
And very sadly, unless many Americans now start protesting these atrocities
And, start demanding, that we as a nation, start protecting endangered species
Our now rapidly diminishing wildlife, like wolves, and bears, and mountain lions
Will soon all be gone from North America, and will soon all sadly be, just a memory
These days, we even refuse to give wildlife some sanctuary, on a remote island;
So I sadly see little hope for the future of our natural world, in the hands of man.
The Department of the Interior, which is charged with managing and protecting this island refuge for the continued preservation of our rapidly dwindling American wildlife, is already considering allowing this atrocious Unimak wolf massacre to go forward, as planned.
And Aerial Killing (which was federally banned many years ago, and which state officials in Alaska still routinely utilize) is as inhumane, as it is unnecessary. Wolves are gunned down from the sky, or chased by helicopter to sheer exhaustion. In some cases, wounded wolves escape, only to experience slow, agonizing deaths. And since state officials plan to massacre these wolves during their pup-rearing season, any wolf pups on the island will be orphaned and left to die when their mothers are mercilessly shot down.
Crying Wolf, Instead of Accepting Blame,
And, Our Now Insatiable Human Greed,
Very Sadly Are, The Very Real Threats,
To Our Vanishing Natural World, Today.
©2011, Mr. Ed
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