Farley Mowat is dead at age 92 and he will be sorely missed. He was iconic, an environmentalist and wolf advocate who changed the way wolves were perceived by the world. Never Cry Wolf, lives in my heart.
Thank you Farley for your kindness, your genius, your activism, and your caring spirit! The world won’t be the same without you! May the wolves surround and protect you. HOWLS!
For the wolves, For Farley Mowat,
Nabeki
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Farley Mowat, dead at 92, remembered for ‘enormous literary legacy’
By Allison Jones and Victoria Ahearn, The Canadian Press
Published Wednesday, May 7, 2014 4:32PM EDT
Last Updated Wednesday, May 7, 2014 5:46PM EDT
TORONTO — Farley Mowat was fondly remembered Wednesday for captivating generations of schoolchildren with books such as “Owls in the Family” and “Never Cry Wolf,” and for his legacy as a tireless defender of the environment who “spoke for whales…
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Another Great Fighter for The Planet, now gone. Farley Mowat– May your braveness, and never-ending struggle to save this Earth, be deeply engraved in the hearts of those of us still here, so we may leave even a portion of such a legacy as you.
I knew Farley very well when back home in Canada and when I saw this post come through my heart just sunk -:( Not only did he educate many about wolves, he wrote the most amazing book on Dian Fossey – well he used all her words taken from her notes and diaries – it is called WOMAN IN THE MIST and when you read it, you hrar and feel all the emotions Dian felt during her years with the mountain gorilla’s. He and I slowly lost touch when I moved away from Canada but his friendship is one that I treasured ….. he was a great support to my work.
You were fortunate to have known him. I have a copy of Woman in the Mist which I haven’t yet read. Time to do so now, thanks to your recommendation.
Thank you all for the wonderful comments about these great, yet humble people. I met Dian Fossey at a conference about a year before she was murdered. I remember she indicated at that time that she might not be around too long, and she clearly was anxious to get back to her Gorillas. What shining examples of courage in the face of barbarism and even terror, these two special humans exhibited. And Geoff, your comments are my thoughts exactly. Everyday, every minute, it is clear our planet, and all the non-human lives, are diminishing rapidly. Earth is now in Hospice Mode. May those of us who are still conscious, & capable of thinking, do whatever we can to ease the pain of the innocents. Farley Mowat, you will be with us.
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A towering figure has passed. His books “A Whale for the Killing” and “Sea of Slaughter” were especially good. He wrote in the preface to the latter “the living world is dying in our time.” That was in the early 1980s (!) and the message has still yet to penetrate the blockheads that are busily running this planet into the ground. If “educacion is the answer”, why after 50 years of non-stop environmental education does the public seem to be getting ever more stupid?