That’s the question at the heart of the matter, and it's the question I keep coming back to: Did God create wolves? If you are lucky enough to have missed this story, I ask myself this question …
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That’s the question at the heart of the matter, and it's the question I keep coming back to: Did God create wolves?
If you are lucky enough to have missed this story, I ask myself this question because of “that” picture: Cody Roberts grinning like an idiot next to a wounded and bound juvenile wolf pup. Cody had chased it with a snow mobile, ran over it, taped the wounded wolf’s mouth shut, put a muzzle and a shock collar on it and dragged it around for a couple of days. He ended up in a local bar, where someone snapped the photo of him, posing with the bound, suffering animal and grinning like he’s a big man.
This photo—and a video—created a worldwide furor because what Cody did was cruel—and because that cruelty is not illegal in Wyoming (and, depending on who you ask, it’s also rather common). His actions are appalling, in part because of what it says about us. But that’s for later. Today, my question is why should we care? Why does that wolf matter?
Did God create wolves? If you’re a Christian the answer is “yes,” because the entire world is God’s creation. God created wolves… God created that wolf, and God cares about that wolf, just as God cares for all of Creation.