Argumentative Essay About Wolves

I was taking a tour at Wolf Haven with my friends when a baby behind us started crying. The baby’s parents took it out of the tour area so that it could calm down. When everyone turned back around to watch the wolves, a huge charcoal wolf was looking straight at us. It had heard the baby crying, and even though animals don’t have quite as many facial expressions as humans, he looked concerned. This made me think quite a bit about what we say about wolves. If you ever get the chance, I strongly recommend learning as much as you can about wolves, and maybe even going to see some in person at somewhere like Wolf Haven, or even a zoo. Wolves are beautiful creatures, with shaggy coats of many different colors, pointed ears, and a long swishy tail. They also have large jaws and teeth, which strike fear into the hearts of some. Their eyes show a certain kind of understanding, and a look which seems to say, “I will protect myself if you attack”, yet it isn’t a challenge. If a predator becomes too close to the wolf’s pups for its liking, the wolf will chase it away, even fight back, if it is necessary, to protect their young. This is their nature. Wolves are protective parents, doing everything to ensure the safety of the young pups. They also hunt for …show more content…
We say that they are violent animals, and though this is a stereotype, we still say it. However, do we not hear of murder, and other such crimes on the news? Wolves are named as ruthless predators, but they are merely feeding the pack and keeping their place in the food chain. When a member of a wolf pack dies, the others will howl and mourn. We say that they are noisy, and that their sounds of sadness are annoying. Yet we pay them no sympathy, for when someone we love dies, we do the same, crying into the night. Wolves are hunted for killing and eating cattle. After saying those things, we kill and eat the cattle for