FOUR wolves doze among pine and white-barked aspen trees, beneath a slate-grey sky. They are sated after last night’s meal, and the remains of a deer lie nearby. These are not just any wolves, though – they are diplomats.
This is the “ambassador” wolf pack at the International Wolf Center here in Ely, near Minnesota’s border with Canada. The wolves’ task is to foster a truce between the species they represent and us humans gazing at them from the other side of a viewing window.
That truce is under strain as this iconic animal enters a new stage in its struggle…
