Gila National Forest/ Autism/ Feral Children Research: Aug. 27th, 2009

Posted by jennifer on August 27, 2009 in Dog & Wolf News / Issues,Travel.

Some people forget to ask the most important questions. I often see humans who look beyond the simple answers. Animals are simplistic. Humans are complicated. There are though many things we share in common. Here in lies the question: If a child raised by animals is so developmentally behind, not socialized around her own kind, what happens to the dog who is raised strictly around humans? Both feral child and dog could be aggressive to their own species. How many traits here do we have in common? What have my experiments taught me about acting like dogs around dogs? These are questions I am answering.
I broke into the Gila National Forest today thanks to Rich :-) (Thank you Rich). I will be heading down there sometime in the next two months. For anyone interested, the L.A. Times wrote an article recently on the over management of the Mexican Gray Wolf: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-wolves26-2009jul26,0,181839.story
How are these wolves doing affecting the balance of the eco-system since being released? Why are they being stopped from migrating to Arizona?
Speaking of Arizona, does anyone realize how hot it is there? I mean seriously. It's so hot, I have a permanent third degree burn from my seat belt. I guess I'm from the mountains and not used to it but jeeze. I have had to do indoor stuff since arriving for my first trip in August. I am preparing for more filming next month also filming on my own constantly. This video camera is getting a lot of use.
I have seen stuff working with a psychologist and an amazing autistic boy that I can apply around full circle to my work with dogs and wolves.
There are two research projects underway, I'm working consistently on my book proposal and guess what? There's so much info. I think I may have to write two books. Yes two. I think I've been holding out so long from divulging information, that I am over flowing with notes, e-mails, video footage and stories of my documentation.
So here's to day one of my new blogging phenomenon. I hope you'll stick around to enjoy more to come ;-)
Best from Boulder,
Jennifer

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Comments

Sounds fascinating and looking forward to reading on what you discover about the management of the mexican gray wolves.

My niece lives in Arizona, so I have heard about the heat down there. I'll stick to the northwoods thank you very much.

Keep these great blogs coming.

Posted by Wolf Charmer Author Profile Page August 27, 2009 2:45 PM

Thanks for the compliment and stay cool! ;-)

Posted by Jennifer Author Profile Page August 27, 2009 4:32 PM

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