Wolves have been misunderstood. Unfounded myths surround them.Wolves do not attack people and are not aggressive toward them unless there has been a shitstorm of things that have gone horribly wrong.Historical wolf attacks: yes, these occurred. However, with the advent and spread of accurate firearms, we have been "selectively breeding" wolves for several hundred years. That is, we have shot all of the wolves that came close to people. In fact, for a wolf in the past 100,000 years there are really only two options for people that don't result in death: (1) be tame and useful enough to become a dog or (2) avoid people at all costs.The first myth is about the Alpha, Beta, and Omega crap for ranking wolves in a pack.We have doomed the wolf not for what it is, but for what we deliberately and mistakenly perceive it to be: the mythologized epitome of a savage, ruthless killer – which is, in reality, not more than the reflected image of ourselves. We have made it the scapewolf for our own sins.