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Submitted: April 23, 2009
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Date Taken:Apr 20, 2009, 7:33:21 PM

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Photography / Animals, Plants & Nature / Wild Animals

This is an image that may not receive many favorites or appreciation but it I personally find it a very insightful and powerful window into the reality of the harshness of life.

One of the most amazing things about wolves is out of all the animals I have photographed in the Rocky Mountains, there eyes are the most communicative, I have seen bravery, curiosity, happiness, tenderness and many other states of mind in the eyes of wolves, but this animal only carried with it sadness, fear, and misery. Truly a brokendown animal struggling for life.

This is male unidentified wolf that was traveling alone that has a very serious case of mange, It had a horrible limp in its walk, his ribcages could be seen through its bare mangy skin, open sores covered its body and its tail was merely a stump of skin. Unless situations dramatically improve for this animal he is near his end.

Sometimes in wildlife photography I fear we focus so hard on capturing the beauty of wildlife I feel we create for our viewers somewhat of a fantasy world of beautiful sleek skinned and healthy animals.

The truth is life is incredibly fragile and precious, and the balance of life and death in nature is razor thin.

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~lyoth737 Oct 25, 2011 Hobbyist Digital Artist

I think it might be an expelled Omega of a pack

he looks that sad and shabby!

~Fell-BlackHeart May 13, 2011 Student Digital Artist

Poor little wolf. Just because he/she doesn't have a nice coat doesn't mean they don't deserve no lovings.

I once went dog sledding and one of them was really small and had mange or something so he had no fur on his bum/back area. But, despite that, he was still the lead dog and he was ooberly nice!