Federal researchers declare eastern cougar extinct - Pets. Animals. - Salon.com
What a beautiful cat! Look at that picture, so regal. So sad, sad, sad.
I remind myself to find and type out the description a US Biologist shared after trapping and watching the last wild wolf in (early 1900's Yellowstone?) die, who was incredibly cagey and driven to survive, having to sit and watch 'the green fire dying in her eyes'....
Well, below is the Aldo Leopold line/passage; but I'm fairly sure I have a more detailed passage in a book (*somewhere* among many boxes of books, which is why I guess I keep them) where it is quoted, I will try to unearth and share
ReplyDeletehttp://www.defendersblog.org/2010/10/green-fire-trail-mexican-wolves-and-aldo-leopold/