When I write about animals, I use anthropological techniques and the language you would use for a person. You don't have to anthropomorphize animals, just acknowledge their individuality. Elizabeth Marshall Thomas acknowledgeanimalanthropological Change image and share on social
When we became sedentary, lived indoors, and started to raise livestock, we began to see wolves not as occasional fur-bearers or fellow hunters but as robbers. Elizabeth Marshall Thomas bearerbeginfellow Change image and share on social
All the members of the dog family - domestic dogs, wolves, coyotes, dingoes - are very aware of territory. A group must control its own territory - you can't have others taking it from you, because then you won't have enough food. Elizabeth Marshall Thomas awarecontrolcoyote share on social