Never Cry Wolf Analysis

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Never Cry Wolf is an autobiographical account written by Farley Mowat of his time spent on the Arctic tundra. He was assigned on a commission by the Canadian government’s Wildlife Service to investigate the alleged mass slaughtering of Arctic caribou and aggressive behavior towards people by hordes of bloodthirsty wolves. His task included making contact with a single or multiple wolf packs, and studying their behavior to evaluate how and why the wolves were killing so many caribou and posing such a lethal threat. Mowat’s fear of the wolves however, quickly turns to fear for the wolves as he discovers they are only hunting the old and sick caribou along with field mice and rabbits. The wolves, who were thought to have threatened the lives of …show more content…
He paid specific attention to their hunting behaviors, hoping to find evidence and motives for the caribou slaughter. What he found though continued to surprise him. Not only did the wolves mostly bring home just mice, rabbits, squirrels, and other like animals, but the caribou they did hunt were sick, old, feeble, and most likely poor candidates to survive and create a new generation. In fact, the majority of wolves appeared to not even be able to take down strong, healthy, adult caribou because of their size, strength, and agility in the snow. Mowat actually ended up concluding that the wolves were posing no harm to caribou numbers, only helping by taking out those who could not already survive for whatever reason. Mowat makes the realization that the reports of wolves devastating caribou population were made up by hunters and trappers hoping for laws to loosen on wolf hunting so they may kill more and more wolves. Here is where Mowat makes the change from Canadian Government’s side to the wolf’s …show more content…
The unjust genocide of wolves was a problem that he and many conservationists poured their hearts into for a solution. Passion drove him to anger and action, but all for what he thought was right. He knew all it took was some government lies and unofficial documents to make people believe the wolf was a menace, and he knew that was wrong. I believe when he wrote this book, it was to partially emphasize this absurd fact as well as to raise awareness of the man on wolf violence for the pursuit of wealth. What he passes on in his autobiography is an example of why one should not assume everything as fact or fiction simply by hearing another state it. One’s own judgements must be considered and rational thought must be used. If not, who’s to say anything we are told is right is
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