Farley Mowat (born
May 12,
1921) is a
Canadian novelist.
He grew up in Saskatoon and, loving animals, he kept an alligator and birds inside his house.
Many of the articles written about him are not positive. The
Toronto Star has written that he bases his stories on
fiction and avoids the
truth. Once, when Mowat said that he has spent two
summers and a
winter studying
wolves, the Toronto Star wrote that Mowat had only spent 90
hours studying the wolves.