A never ending story…

A government researcher, sent to research the “menace” of wolves in the north, learns about the true beneficial and positive nature of the species.

Never Cry Wolf is a 1983 American drama film directed by Carroll Ballard. The film is an adaption of Farley Mowat’s 1963 autobiography Never Cry Wolf and stars Charles Martin Smith as a government biologist sent into the wilderness to study the caribou population, whose decline is believed to be caused by wolves, even though no one has seen a wolf kill a caribou. The film also features Brian Dennehy and Zachary Ittimangnaq.

“And this is what happened, and this is why the caribou and the wolf are one; for the caribou feeds the wolf, but it is the wolf that keeps the caribou strong.”  ― Farley Mowat

  

Will humankind ever learn from the lessons of the past? 

Never Cry Wolf was the film where I first fell in love with the wolf. ~ Rachel


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By Rachel Tilseth

Rachel Tilseth owns Wolves of Douglas County Wisconsin Films and is the producer & director of the film "People & Wolves" A Story of Coexistence and More than a Wolf: Wolf 813. Rachel is a retired art teacher and fine artist. Art impacts culture, whether it is in a drawing, a dance, a musical composition, or a documentary. Rachel Tilseth, a passionate filmmaker and documentarian, has established herself as a formidable voice. Her work, particularly focused on the intricate relationship between humans and wolves, is not only educational but also profoundly moving. Through her short films, ‘People & Wolves’ and ‘More than a Wolf: Wolf 813’, Tilseth demonstrates a rare ability to intertwine emotional depth with cultural and environmental education.

2 thoughts on “Never Cry Wolf is a True Story About a Government Determined to Scapegoat Wolves”
  1. I liked the movie…
    “And this is what happened, and this is why the caribou and the wolf are one; for the caribou feeds the wolf, but it is the wolf that keeps the caribou strong.” ― Farley Mowat

    if only mankind would understand this eternal law of our all existence within creation…
    thats our problem: we linked out of the law’s order

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