i am both therian and otherkin. in "Otherkin Timeline: The Recent History of Elfin, Fae, and Animal People", O. Scribner defines therianthropy as follows:

"People who call themselves therianthropes (meaning "animal people") look human, but identify as animals."

and Stephanie C. Shea of University of Amsterdam defines otherkin as:

"Otherkin are people who, while recognizing they have a biologically human body, do not feel they are completely human."

i am equally human and wolf. specifically a northwestern wolf. i find comfort in the arctic and forest. my being an animal does not absolve me of my responsibilities to the human race. humans are, after all, just a different kind of animal. in the same vein, my being human does not absolve me of my responsibilites to other animals, especially my own genus, the wolves of our world. i take of my responsibilites to all animals very seriously. sometimes i feel very sad that i am not physically a wolf. however, i consider myself blessed to be able to have one foot in the human world and one in the animal. there are things i can do now that i would not be able to do as a wolf. the joy of opposable thumbs! i know things i probably wouldn't know. but i also realize that, as a wolf, i would be able to do things i can't now. i would know things i don't now. i am always searching for something i may never find. but, maybe if i was a wolf, i'd still feel the same. in some ways, i feel as if i have it easier than many other therians; i identify with the body my species is. in other ways, i envy those therians. how much easier it would be to be a singular species! to know what the soul wants. like i said, i'm always searching. my soul and spirit play tug-of-war.