I Want to Buy a Wolf

No, I don't necessarily want a pet wolf at this moment. There are still places where these can be obtained in Alaska--but the dominance wrestling and mind games one needs to play with this "pet" would just take too much time.
What I want instead is to ensure that an adopted wolf of mine could live in the wild, free from aerial hunting, trapping or other human barbarianism. I would feel blessed simply to watch this wild wolf that only needed to worry about natural disasters or disease, not people.
But I can't. There is no amount a money I can earn that would pay for such a privilege. The most I could do is but a nature preserve for my wolf, but even this would be like a zoo--because without a fence, he/she would still be in danger. And a fenced in wolf can't roam or mate. There is nothing great about that.
This is my peeve--why do sport hunters feel they "earn the right" with their money to shoot a prized grizzly or wolf. But I can never "earn" the right to protect it? These are not species that anyone eats, it is purely a trophy.
Why does money buy you anything, but it can't buy an animal it's right to live in the wild and die of natural causes. They say our natural resources belong to the public, but the killers right trumps the viewers rights.

So Why the Yeti???

I feel the time has come to justify (at least to myself) why I chose the address of this blog to be "the Yeti speaks". I hope I have not accidentally implied that I am in some form a Yeti expert. However, I do hold this creature in high regard. Not knowing much about the reclusive Yeti I assume that he actually might have many thoughts in common with a cranky lady living in Alaska. I'm sure the Yeti is pro a simpler life, better environment, but might perhaps enjoy a fine glass of wine with his/her cheese. As a loner living in the far North it would not be presumptuous to assume that this creature is also subject to bouts of irritability and general misunderstanding.

Zoning Zealots and Land Use

First of all, I am most certainly a libertarian at heart. However, as much as I love my unzoned land parcel I can sense that the times, they are a changing. As more folks move into our part of Alaska, more homes get built. As the boring subdivisions pop up, so do the propositions to zone for commercial vs. residential land use. Of course all the old timer Constitutionalists start kicking and screaming whenever they hear the word zoning.
Somehow "Zoning" is the dirtiest word known to Alaskans (actually Environmentalist and Vegetarian are pretty mush cuss words as well) Zoning invokes fears that "snobs" are trying to keep the good old boys from waving their blue tarps of solidarity or keeping a small junk yard on private property. Even more fearsome is that the pro-zoning zealots will stop the right to host a small business on private land.
Unfortunately, the anti-zoning folks live only for today, and don't see the bigger picture--the Greedy will come and they will build--not small mom and pop shops, but strip malls, warehouses and gas stations...And they might say--"but that's good-- more jobs.." but alas, do these country folks recognize that their quiet life will become a congested mess of autos, highways, apartment buildings , etc?? Say goodbye to your slow, peaceful life. Goodbye to your yard chickens and burn barrels.....
I am not a realty expert, but having lived on the East Coast, I am a congestion expert. So I know one thing--if you don't start labeling land (or zoning it) soon, only time separates peace and quiet from an industrial nightmare.