21.   That fable captures the essence of what it is about wolves and other wild creatures that I love, envy and wish to preserve.

22.   The author explains, again and again, how the lives of wild creatures on the Olympic Peninsula are interconnected and interdependent.

23.   These were not the wild creatures of Victorian times, however.

24.   They are wild creatures, after all, and will swim where they like and when they choose.

25.   Those human rescuers who adopt these wild creatures are often left with an animal that spends its life hiding under a bed.

26.   What is natural, normal or healthy for these wild creatures?

27.   Why this particular wild creature among millions has captured the human imagination is hard to say.

28.   A new law came into force in Britain Monday making cruelty to wild creatures an offence punishable by up to six months in jail.