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About
Baby Insanity Wolf is an image macro series that uses a photo of a wolf cub howling paired with text signifying small acts of defiance, often perceptible only to the person carrying them out.
Origin
On June 20th, 2012, the baby wolf photo was posted to Baby Animal Zoo by a user named Zookeeper Joe[3]. That same date, the photo accompanied a blog post by Zookeeper Joe entitled"Awooo! You’ll Howl For These Wolf Pups[4]
Previous to that, a cropped version of the same photograph was uploaded as part of a post entitled “End Lethal Wolf Management” on the site BTC4Animals.com on June 20th, 2011.[5]
Spread
As of the time of this post, one of the earliest iterations of the meme found on Reddit was posted on December 9th, 2013 by /u/PennStateBro under the title I am an avid supporter of the baby Insanity Wolf Movement (pictured below, left).[1] It should be noted that although this is the earliest iteration using this photo, that post received no upvotes and no comments.
Another post on Reddit, made the same day, entitled “Baby Insanity Wolf doesn’t live by your rules”, was made by /u/SpaceToeJam, and received 2080 upvotes and 339 comments (pictured below, right)[2].
External References
[1]Reddit – I am an avid suporter of the baby Insanity Wolf Movement.
[2]Reddit – Baby Insanity Wolf doesn’t live by your rules
[3]Baby Animal Zoo – Gray Wolf Howl
[4]Baby Animal Zoo – Awooo! You’ll Howl For These Wolf Pups.
[5]BTC4Animals – End Lethal Wolf Management