Three Grey Wolves and Omega Man

Video posted to YouTube by sizzy1969.

“oh, yes. Reminds me of my days with the shamans. They used to call me ‘Feline Who Runs With Wolves’ … Wolf is my totum, you know.”

Amazing man … and admirably committed to his cause. I chose the less startling video to post here. There’s quite a bit on Shaun Ellis on YouTube including the National Geographic Special noted in the Wikipedia excerpt below:

“Ellis was the subject of a documentary, The Wolfman which first aired on Five in the UK as The Wolfman on 18 May 2007,^[5] and has also been shown on the National Geographic Channel in the United States, where it was titled A Man Among Wolves. The documentary shows how, by carefully mimicking wolf behaviour, Ellis was able to raise the three wolf cubs to maturity. It also shows how his expertise brought him to the attention of a Polish farmer, whose livestock had suffered wolf attacks. Since wolves are a protected species in Poland the farmer hoped that Ellis might be able to find some non-violent way to deter the marauding pack. Ellis travelled to Poland to study the local pack, bringing with him audio recordings of wolf howls.

Ellis believed that if the local wolves heard howls coming from the farm they would believe another pack had already claimed it as their territory, and keep clear to avoid a conflict. In order for this to work Ellis had to determine the size of the pack and play back recordings of a similar-sized pack. Initial results were encouraging and in the first few weeks after the farmer began playing the recordings the farm suffered no further attacks. The documentary then shows Ellis returning to Devon, where he attempted to reintegrate himself with the three wolves. In his absence the wolves had established a new hierarchy, and though they recognised Ellis and welcomed him back he was now the pack’s omega, relegated to a peace-keeping role between the new alpha and beta males.More

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