OR-7, the most famous wolf in the West, represented promise and peril of grey wolves in Oregon
From the Salem Statesman Journal in Oregon:
Every now and again, an animal comes along that, totally unwittingly, becomes the symbol for a moment or movement.
From Cecil the Lion to David Greybeard the chimpanzee to the pandas that finally mated once the coronavirus shut down a zoo in Hong Kong, some animals strike a chord just by being themselves.