Who really is the wolf in this picture . . .

For the sake of debate, I want to have a person next to a picture of a wolf on a wall and have it photographed in black and white so the viewer of the picture can participate in a debate with his mind as to who really is the "wolf" in the frame? And since the art in this scenario is the unspoken diolouge the individual has with thier mind and not my interpretation of the picture I can only add "talking points" as it were; to promote conversation. Wolves (as we know them) were first encountered in the North Americas when the "colonists" were attempting to get a stranglehold over the most hospitable areas of the Americas. Wolves who are predatory animals were percieved as a danger to the white settlers and thier livestock - so were killed in great numbers for mainly this reason; and secondly the furs they provided. It's not completely known exactly how many wolves were killed by explorers, trappers, settlers, etc. But what is known is that contrary to hollywooods portrayal of the wolf; and what the commom belief was at the time: No wolf has ever attacked a human bieng in the wild, and that fact is important to point out in this debate. Slogans like, "wolf in sheeps clothing" pop into mind here when trying to back up this view that worlves are the evil, to the sheeps good. At one point in American history one of the most populated area for wolves was Yellowstone National Park and in the year 1926 they were declared extinct from the park and would not be re-introduced until 1995 in small, non-impactful numbers. One could say that the Wolf was one of historical America's worst blunders; even if compared to our treatment of the native americans or other misstreatd animals like the bison. Before our arrival in the new world there existed a natural equlibrium between the wolves - thier many varried pray - and the native americans that had reached all time population highs shortly before the first spanish ship ever landed in the carribean. So I guess I'll pose the question one more time with this last bit of information to mull over: Until you look a wolf in the eyes in the wild, or in captivity you will never know how truly different they are from the common domesticated dogs (whom some anthropoligists believe are decended from quite dissimilar african wild dog breeds) and how magnificent these timid--beautiful creatures, that are perfect examples of evolution in action, as well as an example of one of natures mechanisms for keeping some herds numbers in check. So with the image of a person sitting or standing beside the picture (I use the picture example because a picture of a person beside a Wolf would be made to show the person as friend to the wolf) of a Wolf and ask yourself: Truly who is "Wolf" in this picture?