I hope that this wolf-skull 'gift' story receives the national and international recognition as a news story that it deserves. This twisted joke/subtle threat gives some good insight into the twisted psyches of some of our modern day 'stewards of the land' (one of my grandfathers, a native northerner, trapped for much of his life and the 'cruel trade' of trapping should have faded out when he and his fellow trappers from earlier days passed on).

Other than the letters about this incident published in the Whitehorse Star, there has so far been no local news interest. One of our local defenders of all things exploiting animals (this man is also a public apologist for the Yukon Territory's shameful dog mushing industry) wrote a letter in the Friday, January 25th Star that this may have been some sort of publicity stunt by animal rights activists. I can tell you that I will personally vouch that the recipient of this wolf skull would never stoop to such a publicity stunt.

I am also glad that this wolf's skull is now in his safe loving hands, instead of being on a shelf in the trophy room of the local animal exploiter who killed this animal.