RESPECT AMONG WOLVES

FÉLIX RODRÍGUEZ DE LA FUENTE
(1928-1980)

If anyone has dedicated his life to respecting, loving and fighting for wolves, it is Félix Rodriguez de la Fuente. Naturalist and environmentalist, this man became the Spanish standard bearer for the defense of nature, teaching a whole country the value of our fauna and flora thanks to the radio and television documentaries he produced.

There would probably be far fewer wolves left today, or none at all, if it were not for the tenacity and passion that this man put into understanding and defending this magnificent animal.

His message is not only still valid, it is innovative and provides precious elements to tackle climate change, biodiversity loss and unsustainable development. He was a forerunner of what is now known as rewilding. He was not just content to protect. He wanted to reconquer empty Spain by recovering the bison, the aurochs and the tarpan (the bull and the wild horse). But he went further, he also wanted to recover man. The Paleolithic Magdalenian European who painted them in Altamira. In him I saw the capacities and the cosmovision we need to build the information and knowledge society.

The plane accident that took his life, while he was filming a documentary in the snowy lands of Alaska, could not prevent his work from continuing. In only 15 years of pioneering and fruitful work, he provoked such an interest in the free and wild that, after his death, he left behind an army of young people willing to follow in his footsteps and devote their lives to the defense of wildlife.

And it is his legacy that we are now protecting as well, helping our wolf brothers to continue to survive.

AVENTURA DE LOS LOBOS (1969)

THE ADVENTURES OF THE WOLVES

One of the first documentaries he made. ‘La aventura de los lobos’ (The adventures of the wolves), where in first person he defended this wild species that had disappeared from other areas of Europe.

EL HOMBRE Y LA TIERRA – EL LOBO (1977)

THE MAN AND THE EARTH

-THE WOLF

Iberian Fauna Series, chapter explaining the situation of the wolf in its relationship with man since its origins.

EL HOMBRE Y LA TIERRA – EL CAZADOR SOCIAL (1978)

THE MAN AND THE EARTH

– THE SOCIAL HUNTER

The social hunter is another of Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente’s chapter dedicated to the wolf. A predator that lives and acts within well hierarchical groups.

EL HOMBRE Y LA TIERRA – EL CLAN FAMILIAR (1978)

THE MAN AND THE EARTH

– THE FAMILY CLAN

There is a lot of tension between two of the great hunters of our fauna, the golden eagle and the wolf, and that is what constitutes the plot of this chapter dedicated to The Family Clan of the Iberian Wolf.

EL HOMBRE Y LA TIERRA – LOS MATADORES INOCENTES (1978)

THE MAN AND THE EARTH – INNOCENT KILLERS

This chapter explains the predatory nature of the wolf and its hunting strategies in order to survive.

RESPECT AMONG WOLVES

FÉLIX RODRÍGUEZ DE LA FUENTE(1928-1980)

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

FÉLIX RODRÍGUEZ DE LA FUENTE
(1928-1980)