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　Lobo The Wolf That Changed America
『アメリカを変えたオオカミ　～動物作家シートンとロボ～』 - NHK教育テレビジョンのドキュメンタリー番組『地球ドラマチック』内の一編。製作はBBC。2008年10月15日放送。
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Lobo The Wolf That Changed America

“Old Lobo”

The True Story of the Gigantic Lobo Wolf That Terrorized New Mexico’s Currumpaw Cattle Range in the 1890s [Illustrated] Kindle Edition

Old Lobo was an oversized wolf who lived in the Currumpaw valley in New Mexico. During the 1890s, Old Lobo and his pack, having been deprived of their natural prey by settlers, turned to the settlers' livestock. The ranchers tried to kill Old Lobo and his pack by poisoning carcasses, but the wolves removed the poisoned pieces and threw them aside. They tried to kill the wolves with traps and by hunting parties but these efforts also failed. Ernest Thompson Seton was tempted by the challenge and the $1000 bounty for Lobo's head, the leader of the pack.

Lobo's pelt is kept at the Ernest Thompson Seton Memorial Library and Museum at the Philmont Scout Ranch near Cimarron, New Mexico. Until his death in 1946, Seton championed the wolf—an animal that had always previously been demonized. "Ever since Lobo", Seton later wrote, "my sincerest wish has been to impress upon people that each of our native wild creatures is in itself a precious heritage that we have no right to destroy or put beyond the reach of our children."

Seton's story of Lobo touched the hearts of many, both in the US and the rest of the world, and was partly responsible for changing views towards the environment and provided a spur for the starting of the conservationist movement. The story had a profound influence on one of the world's most acclaimed broadcasters and naturalists, Sir David Attenborough, and inspired the 1962 Disney film, The Legend of Lobo. Lobo's story was the subject of a BBC documentary directed by Steve Gooder in 2007.