canines

"Americans are naturally drawn to big, charismatic, fallen heroes like wolves and bears, but coyotes are relegated to being small, sneaky, cowardly and untrustworthy."

"Everyone who sees a jackal hunts it."

"The jackal's cry Resounds like sylvan revelry."

"Personal columnists … are jackals and no jackal has been known to live on grass once he had learned about meat — no matter who killed the meat for him."

"We were the Leopards, the Lions; those who'll take our place will be little jackals, hyenas; and the whole lot of us, Leopards, jackals, and sheep, we'll all go on thinking ourselves the salt of the earth."

"Why do we profess to so love and adore and worship and seek closeness to the wolf, the supposed poster child for all that's remote, wild and free, the mournful soul-searching stuff of poetry and song, not to mention fawning documentaries and movies, while at the same time we're taught to despise and persecute by any means — bullet, trap, wire, poison — its close cousin and equally beautiful and rightful occupant of the wild, the coyote?"

"Be you the Lyon, to devour the Prey; I am your Jack-Call, to provide it for you: There will be a Bone for me to pick."

"... the jackal seems to be placed between [the wolf and the dog]; to the savage fierceness of the wolf, it adds the impudent familiarity of the dog... It is more noisy in its pursuits even than the dog, and more voracious than the wolf."

"Faith, like a jackal, feeds among the tombs, and even from these dead doubts she gathers her most vital hope."

"The jackal's troop, in gather'd cry, Bay'd from afar complainingly, With a mix'd and mournful sound, Like crying babe, and beaten hound."

"To live like a lion for a day is far better than to live for a hundred years like a jackal."

"The jackal is a [quadruped] thief, the shepherd is a biped thief."

"The coyote is so spiritless and cowardly that even while his exposed teeth are pretending a threat, the rest of his face is apologizing for it."

"When I was still a teenager, I acquired a small, well-watered (with springs) ranch in northeastern . It was located fourteen miles east of the village of Des Moines—which I would later call "Hi-Lo" in my many writings and a major film. ...In those poor struggling days, coyote hides would bring from five to fifteen dollars—a ton of money at the time."

"Let's appreciate coyotes for the amazing beings they are. They offer valuable lessons in survival. Though coyotes try our patience they're a model animal for learning about adaptability and success by nonhuman individuals striving to make it in a human dominated world. Coyotes, like Proteus the Greek, who could change his form at will and avoid capture, are truly "protean predators." They're a success story, hapless victims of their own success."

"The jackal’s tawny nose And sanguine dripping tongue Out of the desert rose And plunged its sands among."

"I was having more trouble putting a rein, a stop, and instilling "rope and cow sense" in this horse than ever before. ...She literally loved and lived to run after the dogs as they ran down one of the smartest creatures ever born. She must have had the ancient genes of some great general's best war horse for she had a true blood lust. Molly loved to watch the dogs' fangs still a freshly caught coyote."

"Blown out of the prairie in twilight and dew Half bold and half timid, yet lazy all through; Loath ever to leave, and yet fearful to stay, He limps in the clearing, an outcast in gray."

"If the jackal gains the mastery, he will demand two sheep from every flock"

"Honteux comme un renard qu'une poule aurait pris."

"Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines (...)"

"Where the lion's skin falls short it must be eked out with the fox's."

"Multa novit vulpes, verum echinus unum magnum."

"The King taking a straw from the ground, pardoned the fox of all his trespasses which either he or his father had ever committed. If the fox now began to smile, it was no wonder; the sweetness of life required it: yet he fell down before the King and Queen, and humbly thanked them for mercy."

"Tar-baby ain't sayin' nuthin', en brer Fox, he lay low."

"A prince must imitate the fox and the lion, for the lion cannot protect himself from traps, and the fox cannot defend himself from wolves. One must therefore be a fox to recognize traps, and a lion to frighten wolves."

"And honoured among foxes and pheasants by the gay house Under the new made clouds and happy as the heart was long, In the sun born over and over, I ran my heedless ways."

"You will catch the fox with cunning, and the wolf with courage."

"A fox should not be of the jury at a goose's trial."

"There iz this difference between genius and common sense in a fox: Common sense is governed by circumstances, but circumstances is governed by genius."

"πόλλ' οἶδ' ἀλώπηξ, ἐχῖνος ἓν μέγα"

"Let's be perfectly clear, shall we. The fox is not a little orange puppy dog with doe eyes and a waggly tail. It's a disease-ridden wolf with the morals of a psychopath and the teeth of a great white shark."

"With foxes we must play the fox."

"Many Foxes grow grey, but few grow good."

"The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head."

"As I have referred in this article to a tame fox, I should like, before concluding it, to offer a few words of advice to anyone who may think of having a pet fox—that is, don't! The fox is a lovely and charming animal, but it is always a wild creature that should be roaming the country-side. I have had several tame foxes, and have known others, and can only say it is not a domesticable beast; however tame your cub may be, there sooner or later comes a time when it must either turned down in a wood or condemned to a collar and chain, the latter meaning a dull, monotonous existence for it. Far, far better let it live out its woodland life, whether short or long, with its joys and sudden dangers, its surprises and excitements."

"Join the company of lions rather than assume the lead among foxes."

"An election is coming: Universal peace is declared and the foxes have a sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry."

"To make women learned, and foxes tame, hath the same operation, which teacheth them to steale more cuningly, but the possibility is not equall, for when it doth one good, it doth twenty harme."

"Now when the king had assembled all his subjects together, there was no one absent save Reynard the Fox, against whom many grievous accusations were laid."

"now witchcraft celebrates Pale Hecate's offerings; and wither'd murder, Alarum'd by his sentinel, the wolf, Whose howl's his watch, thus with his stealthy pace, With Tarquin's ravishing strides, towards his design Moves like a ghost."

"Now the hungry lion roars, And the wolf behowls the moon."

"Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil."

"On the ragged edge of the world I'll roam, and the home of the wolf shall be my home."

"The wolf is the arch type of ravin, the beast of waste and desolation."

"Physiologically, we know a great deal about the wolf, although we still have much to learn. But why should we continue to study the wolf? Some people curse the animal; others deify it. As scientists study it, we may be able to blunt these extremes and place the wolf in proper perspective. Viewed from the inside, the wolf is a large, intelligent canid predator with a variety of interesting biochemical, neural, and hormonal adaptations. It is neither good nor evil."

"In touch with the ground I'm on the hunt, I'm after you Smell like I sound, I'm lost in a crowd And I'm hungry like the wolf'Straddle the line in discord and rhyme I'm on the hunt, I'm after you Mouth is alive, with juices like wine And I'm hungry like the wolf"

"Lupus est homo homini, non homo, quom qualis sit non novit."

"Pay attention to yourselves and to all the flock, among which the holy spirit has appointed you overseers, to shepherd the congregation of God, which he purchased with the blood of his own Son. I know that after my going away oppressive wolves will enter in among you and will not treat the flock with tenderness, and from among you yourselves men will rise and speak twisted things to draw away the disciples after themselves."

"The misinformation promulgated by wolf advocacy groups ranges from minor technical errors to major deception and fraud. Technical biological misinformation, though bothersome to professionals working with wolves, is not as serious as deception about such issues as the status and trends in wolf populations. This latter type of misinformation tends to motivate well-meaning wolf advocates to press their causes through letter-writing campaigns, public meetings, lobbying, and lawsuits. For example, animal welfare and wolf advocacy groups have been advertising for funds in major national newspapers for years, claiming that wolves were threatened in Denali National Park and other parts of Alaska, despite documentation to the contrary. These misrepresentations have even made it into conference proceedings. In the non-peer-reviewed proceedings of a nonprofit citizen organization, "Defenders of Wildlife's Restoring the Wolf Conference," undocumented claims were made the wolf has been eliminated from "95% of its former range" and "95% of its historic range in North America". The actual figures are closer to 30% of its global range and 40% of its North American range."