Discussion Reply about Animal & Society
When and why did humans and wolves come into conflict in North America? Why did human predation of wolves often exhibit such violence? How did domesticated dogs aid human predation of wolves? What cultural meaning did people apply to wolves? Were wolves a kind of scapegoat?
What was the nature of the pig behavior in colonial North America? How did seventeenth-century Native Americans view livestock, especially pigs? Why so, and to what effect?
When and why did humans and wolves come into conflict in North America? Why did human predation of wolves often exhibit such violence? How did domesticated dogs aid human predation of wolves? What cultural meaning did people apply to wolves? Were wolves a kind of scapegoat?
