Telling the wolf’s story is especially important as people grow more removed from nature and we strive to understand how humans fit in to the natural environment.
讲述狼的故事尤其重要,因为人们越来越远离自然,我们努力了解人类如何适应自然环境。
Wolves spark intense emotions. They are revered as symbols of wildness, worshipped as the spirits of nature, idolized as the ultimate social animals. Yet fear and hatred of wolves, or at least of the ideals they symbolize, still runs deep. The challenge is to provide a whole sense of the animal and hope that with knowledge comes acceptance.
狼会激起强烈的情感。它们被尊崇为野性的象征,被崇拜为自然的精神,被崇拜为终极的社会动物。然而,对狼的恐惧和仇恨,或者至少是对狼象征的理想的恐惧和仇恨,仍然根深蒂固。我们面临的挑战是提供一种对动物的整体感觉,并希望随着知识的到来而被接受。
To educate people about wolves is to reveal an animal of stark contrasts and human-like behaviors. Wolves can form tight social bonds with other pack members, but at times they brutally enforce their hierarchical social order. Wolves may at times adopt and nurture the young of another wolf, yet at other times they will hasten to kill another who dares trespass in to their territory.
对人们进行狼的教育,就是要揭示一种截然不同的动物和类似人类的行为。狼可以与其他狼群成员形成紧密的社会联系,但有时它们残忍地强制执行其等级社会秩序。狼有时会收养和养育另一只狼的幼崽,但有时它们会加速杀死另一只敢于侵入自己领地的狼。
Sometimes when talking or writing about wolves, people emphasize what is perceived in human terms as “good” or “bad” about wolf behavior. Instead of asking whether wolves are good or bad, we at the International Wolf Center teach about the complexities of the animal. How difficult is it to take down a 1,200 pound moose? How does a pack raise its pups? What impacts do humans have on wolf survival? What impacts do wolves have on humans? Indeed, there is much for us to gain from fully understanding wolves and their relationship with other wildlife and humans.
有时在谈论或写狼的时候,人们会强调人们认为狼的行为“好”或“坏”。不是问狼是好是坏,我们在国际狼中心教动物的复杂性。把一只1200磅重的麋鹿取下来有多难?一只小袋鼠是如何饲养幼崽的?人类对狼的生存有什么影响?狼对人类有什么影响?事实上,充分了解狼及其与其他野生动物和人类的关系,对我们有很多好处。
In telling the wolf’s story, the Center hopes to evoke a sense of wonderment and acceptance for nature even in full light of the sometimes brutal reality of life in the wild.
在讲述狼的故事时,该中心希望唤起一种对大自然的惊叹和接受,即使是在野外生活有时是残酷的现实。