Thank you Rob Klavins!
We met three times, but I imagine that I barely registered in his life.To him I was no more than an occasional scent on his trail or the source of a tortured imitation of a howl. But to me, no nonhuman animal ever has been or likely ever will be as important or consequential in my life as OR4.He escaped kill orders and poachers. He endured at least 4 collarings and he beat the odds. There aren’t many ten year old wolves out there. Today there is one less. OR4 was shot and killed today. And it hurts. Anyone celebrating his death, the killing of his likely pregnant partner, and two of his pups, must have a hardened heart indeed.
Source: A Eulogy for OR-4 | Oregon Wild