““In the span of three hundred years nationwide, but only seventy years in the West, hunters in the United States had managed to kill off the wild prey of gray wolves; settlers, farmers, and ranchers had occupied most of the wolves' former habitat; wolfers had poisoned them; bounty hunters had dynamited their dens and pursued them with dogs, traps, and more poison; and finally, the government had stepped in and, primarily at the livestock industry's behest, quite literally finished them off.””
![“Even as they sought their destruction, many considered them [wolves] "possessed of near human intelligence," according Stanley Young, one so refined and subtle that it "at times caused the greatest wonderment.” quote by Bruce Hampton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/b63/bruce-hampton-25483_human-intelligence_even-as-they-sought-their-destruction-ma_94849.jpg)
![“Birthdays are [soul chasers,] ghost bounty hunters that track you down to ask [the usual question], “Qué pasa, baby?” quote by Jim Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/85b/jim-harrison-2941_birthday_birthdays-are-soul-chasers-ghost-bounty_247897.jpg)
