Animals figure prominently into indigenous oral traditions, older and as deeply engrained as the morality and survival stories of the gods in Greek and Roman mythology and which were part of the foundation of Western Civilization.  Badger photo courtesy Kari Cieszkiewicz/US Fish and Wildlife Service
Animals figure prominently into indigenous oral traditions, older and as deeply engrained as the morality and survival stories of the gods in Greek and Roman mythology and which were part of the foundation of Western Civilization. Badger photo courtesy Kari Cieszkiewicz/US Fish and Wildlife Service