Takaya The Sea Wolf
by Jordan Blackstone
Title
Takaya The Sea Wolf
Artist
Jordan Blackstone
Medium
Painting - Painting
Description
Tayaka was a rare species of canine known as the coastal or sea wolf. These predators thrive in marine environments and have become adept at living off a diet of salmon, shellfish and seals instead of deer. Fifty years ago, there were few coastal wolves in the region, victims of overhunting and habitat degradation. Today an estimated 250 of them roam the 12,000 sq miles of Vancouver Island, a remarkable turnaround for the embattled predators.
On 24 March, Takaya was shot and killed, nearly 30 miles from where he was released. In the weeks before his death he had been spotted with increasing frequency, raising fears an encounter might prove fatal.
On his final day he came too close to a hunter’s dogs. In the end, it was his curiosity, built up from years of protection offered by the islands, that was his undoing.
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August 15th, 2020
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Hanne Lore Koehler
Magnificent capture and digital creativity, Jordan! Congratulations on your Wisconsin Flowers And Scenery BEST OF THE BEST Special Feature! L/F
Deborah Strategier
Spectacular wolf painting, so very realistic, Jordan!Congratulations on being featured on WFS Best of the Best! L/F
Randy Rosenberger
Dear Wisconsin Flowers and Scenery Group Member, You are to be congratulated on your achievement of getting your beautiful piece of artwork chosen to be featured in our “Best of the Best” section of our homepage. This is truly an honor to be selected for this special feature. If your works are featured, it is always an honor, but this honor is above and beyond what one sees most of the time. It is excellently done and presented and deserves a special place on our homepage. Happy sales to you till we meet again.
Gull G
Art is unquestionably one of the purest and highest elements in human happiness. It trains the mind through the eye, and the eye through the mind. As the sun colours flowers, so does art colour life. -- Congratulations on your recent sale of an amazing work
Luther Fine Art
Congratulations! Your fantastic art has been featured on the Home Page of the ABC GROUP from the J IS FOR JUST ABOUT ANYTHING (an open week), AUGUST 10- AUGUST 17, 2020 You are invited to add your wonderful art to the Features Archive Discussion in the ABC GROUP
Lyric Lucas
Congratulations, your creative and unique art work is Featured on the homepage of the "Out Of The Ordinary 1 A Day" group! 8/22/20 l/f
Murray Rudd
Congratulations on being featured in the FAA Group 'Off the Beaten Path.' To ensure your feature remains available over time, post your featured image(s) in the Group's 'Thanks for the Feature / Image Archive.' l/f and p if you allow pinning (www.pinterest.ca/tendrelimages/off-the-beaten-path/). Normally I don't feature wildlife images but I had seen the Takaya story earlier this year and was raised on Vancouver Island. I spent much time outdoors hiking and climbing on the Island but never even knew we had wolves there at that time. A couple of summers ago I was logging road camping on the way to Port Renfrew and had a pack take down something just across the small valley I was staying in - quite the viscous sounding animals when they get going!
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