Product Description The award-winning Nature series is the longest-running weekly natural history series on television. In the fall of 1893, an adventurous young man rode out from the salons of New York to the wilds of New Mexico. He came to kill a wolf. Not just any wolf, but an outlaw, the leader of a marauding, cattle killing pack. But by the time Ernest Thompson Seton finally met the renegade Lobo, the wolf had become a hero in his eyes. He would write a tale of that encounter that captured the essence of the vanishing wilderness, and led to both the establishment of the National Park system and the Boy Scout movement of America. In this vivid retelling of the story, the confrontation between Seton and Lobo comes alive, and we discover how, together, one man and one wolf set in motion a change in American hearts and minds that is still unfolding today. Academy Award-winner F. Murray Abraham narrates. Rating: TV-PG. Bonus Program: White Falcon, White Wolf - On Canadas remote Ellesmere Island, where June is spring, July is summer and August is already Autumn, the race is on for two remarkable species to raise their families. The white gyrfalcon is enormous, the largest and most powerful falcon in the world. Yet last summer, the nesting falcon pair here failed to raise any young. The rare Arctic wolves rely on every member of the pack to chase and bring down the prey that keeps them alive. Last year was good to them, and they raised three cubs. But for the wolves and the falcons, as well as for the snowy owls, musk oxen, lemmings, Arctic foxes and hares who share this fragile ecosystem with them, fortunes are always precarious. What will happen this year? Academy Award-winner F. Murray Abraham narrates. Rating: TV-PG. Review The Greatest Nature Cinematography on Earth... --The New York Times
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The Wold That Changed America
I originally saw this clip on the National Geographic channel, I believe it was. It is a documentary on the wolves in their habitat and doing what comes naturally to a wolf. It goes into too much detail to relate it all here, but suffice it to say, you will learn a lot about them if you know little or nothing about them. It follows the "choosing", I'll call it, of the Alpha male (A-male, the dominant male), the mating of the A-male and the A-female, it even delves into what they are or might be feeling in certain circumstances and situations. I bought this as a Christmas gift for a family member who loves wolves - he's only 3 years old, but he is learning.The following is copied (without permission) for your benefit. "In 1893, a bounty hunter named Ernest Thompson Seton journeyed to the untamed canyons of New Mexico on a mission to kill a dangerous outlaw. Feared by ranchers throughout the region, the outlaw wasn't a pistol-packing cowboy or train-robbing bandit. The outlaw was a wolf. Lobo, as locals simply called him, was the legendary leader of a band of cattle-killing wolves that had been terrorizing cattle ranchers and their livestock. It was up to Seton to exterminate this "super-wolf." The ensuing battle of wits between wolf and man would spark a real-life wilderness drama, the outcome of which would leave a lasting effect on a new and growing movement in America: wilderness preservation." It is a very wonderful documentary for adults and children alike.
C**Y
Awesome!
As a wolf lover, the story, this TRUE story saddened me, but Ernest Thompson Seton completely turned his life around after hekilled "Blanca" and they captured and the next day "Lobo" died of a broken heart.The photography is beautiful and interspersed with Doug smith who talks about the Yellowstone wolves. It IS sad what humans have done to wolves, trapping them in cruel traps, poison them, all b/c of the cattle industry and hunting industry.Wolf are a top predator outside of the "psychopath man" and man feels like they must be "gotten rid of" bison also, passenger pigeon and so many animals extinct. But after Lobo Mr. Thompsom saw the light, even later founding the boys clubs of America. He went on to I believe spearhead the more recent Save the wolves project although, the lunatics are screaming, again...we have to fight hard to save our brothers and sisters of the animal world Wolves, Horses, prairie dogs, bison all under attack. If anything this film shows how we must speak up for them as they have no voice....so we must be it!
B**B
The Wolf that changed the world.
I loved this movie because I love wolves. ALthough towards the end their is a sad part that I was hoping for a different out come. Although their was some good that came from that result. Over all, it still is a good story on the life of wolves. I had no issues with the seller and would purchase again through this company or suggest this company to my friends as well.
C**E
The wolf that changed America!
I gave it as to my elder son!
H**H
Heartbreaking story
I got this as a gift for my horseshoer (who loves wolves) as I had seen this on PBS a few years ago. It's a fascinating heartbreaking story, but also wonderful to hear how this hunter went on to be instrumental in establishing the national park system. Great story!
L**N
Informative
Interesting (albeit sad) history on the near-extermination of wolves. It shows that wolves are social creatures who grieve when they lose a loved one just as we do. Also gives history on a naturalist and co-founder of Boy Scouts.
C**K
Very sad and beautifully haunting
Excellent documentary. I cried and cried and it even moved my students at a maximum prison for men!
B**B
A wonderful TRUE story!
A fantastic read in history, wolves and afantastic person in Ernest Seton who helpedform our national parks, Boy Scouts andinterest in our inviournment.
T**Y
Ernest Thompson Seton - The Wolf That Changed America
Ernest Thompson Seton has been a hero of mine since early childhood. His books fostered my love of nature and had some influence in my choice of career as a veterinary surgeon. I am circulating this video round my fourteen grandchildren for their inspiration, hoping that their care for the natural environment will be as cosciencious as his became as the result of this story.
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