He’d agreed not to dart O-Six out of deference to the wolf-watching community, who felt she was too special—too wild—to wear the mark of any human endeavor. Bob Landis was particularly insistent, though for more practical reasons. Some of his best footage from the previous year had featured O-Six; in his mind any film he might make of her story would be ruined if she suddenly appeared in a research collar halfway through.
“[Doug Smith had] agreed not to dart O-Six out of deference to the wolf-watching community, who felt she was too special—too wild—to wear the mark of any human endeavor. Bob Landis was particularly insistent, though for more practical reasons. Some of his best footage from the previous year had featured O-Six; in his mind any film he might make of her story would be ruined if she suddenly appeared in a research collar halfway through.”
