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Our response to controversies as they arise is to provide
information that helps people to make their own informed decisions.
We pledge to educate the public by offering the most up-to-date,
accurate wolf information possible.
Education may not translate into immediate action, but it
does result in reevaluation and change. As people gain knowledge
and appreciation of wolves and their place as predators in the ecosystem,
they can become concerned about wolf survival and recovery. Decades
of research have unveiled multitudes of facts about this species.
That research, used in public education, has motivated people to
help and to allow wolves to begin reclaiming small portions of their
former habitat.
Wolf educators are challenged to deal with complex issues:
reintroduction of the species into Yellowstone, population control
in Alaska and Canada, bounties, livestock depredation, the tragedy
of a pet wolf-dog hybrid's attack on a child. Each is more sensational,
more conducive to emotionalism, more provocative to the media than
the last.
We who want knowledge about wolves need clear, thoughtful
presentation of the facts and issues involved. That is exactly what
the International Wolf Center seeks to provide. The study of wolf
survival continues to include the study of human tolerance. It is
hard for people to tolerate or to respect what they are raised to
fear. The wolf problem is a people problem. We need everyone's help
to solve it.
You can help solve the problem by supporting the International
Wolf Center in the following ways:
- Join the pack! As a member
of the Center, you further our mission through financial support
and by sharing what you learn about wolves with others.
- Donate time, money, supplies
or professional services - whatever you can - to help us bring
the facts about wolves to people in your neighborhood and around
the world.
- Shop for holidays, birthdays
and special occasions on our online catalog featuring great gifts
for loved ones of all ages.
With your support, we can spread the facts about wolves and
work to ensure their survival around the globe.
in which populations of wolves thrive well distributed in many parts of their native
range. A global system of designated wildlands supports abundant
habitat and prey for wolves and other large carnivores. The Center
provides useful scientific information and learning opportunities
to diverse individuals and groups and supports well-informed dialogue
about management of wolfhuman conflict. As a result, humans adopt
an attitude of respect toward wolves. As informed participants,
humans create policy and act in support of ecological sustainability,
which includes the survival of wolf populations. In day-to-day life,
humans accept coexistence with wolves.
Approved by the Board of Directors on June 10, 2005
The International Wolf Center values the wolf, the survival of wolf
populations in many parts of their historic range, and coexistence
between wolves and humans.
The International Wolf Center values honesty and integrity in the
conduct of all organizational activities.
The International Wolf Center values high quality education that
fosters interest in and understanding of wolves and wolf issues.
The International Wolf Center values the power of full, accurate and
science-based information to improve decision-making about the
conservation and management of wolves and wildlands.
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