Tw: d3ath )) Wolves. The "pest" that eat farmers cattle and sheep. the "beasts" portrayed in fairy tails and stories. These may seem simple, but they've wrecked the earths most beautiful canine's reputation. Wolves are also common victims of trophy hunting for their pelts, teeth, bones, or just for bragging rights. Many packs have been separated or completely ruined. With their prey also suffering wolves are all on the track of extinction. And in many cases, like the coastal wolves. They have no legal protection for trophy hunters because they are a grey wolf subtype. Which leads hunters to target the unique wolves. Not to mention the red wolf which as a measly 25 in the wild. And why? Humans. Historically red wolves were often considered pests to farmers, and k!lled because people thought they were coyotes. Along with that human expansion threatened the marsh habitats they thrived in. While now only eastern North Carolina's Albemarle Peninsula, they used to roam all around the east coast. In the Yellowstone, there was a pack of wolves called "The Mollies" they were the oldest pack recorded, and protected by the national park. But slowly they moved out of the parks boundaries, and now unless people can convince the Wyoming food and game commission to make hunting them illegal. The famous Yellowstone pack will just become pelts on a wall. So now do you get it? Wolves are suffering... So what can you do? How can you prevent the hunting of wolves. It sometimes feels like nothing, how just your actions can't change anything. But they can. Even simple actions like donating to charities, sending letters to commissioners, and supporting national parks can help. But none of these things can make as big as a difference as using your voice. Telling new people who were unaware. Telling your friend, your cousin, you neighbor. Just spreading the word can help. And telling them how important these creatures are for the plant - Alder (The art is me trying a more abstract way of coloring, in a more blocky way, and the lineart is unfortunately not as fluffy as I wish. Along with that, the lineart was referenced off a traditional art piece for anatomy purposes. And this was inspired by: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1380780993 about foxes, which you should definitely read! Last but not least, if anyone is good at drawing wolves I would appreciate a critique as I'm trying to improve my wolf artwork, and especially the coloration and anatomy.)
