Sheds light on wolf studies -- both past & present -- & on the lives of researchers who have devoted themselves to this endeavor. The 20 biologists from 10 countries who are featured constantly struggle to balance their research with the political, economic, & cultural realities surrounding the wolves they study. Includes first-person interviews & personal accounts of extraordinary encounters, & it accompanies scientists on their day-to-day field work. Includes an overview of wolf research over the past 60 years. Features the following wolves: gray, arctic, red, Mexican, & Iberian. A 16-page photo section identifies researchers.
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The wolf's image has undergone a metamorphosis in recent years. Once viewed as a bloodthirsty, savage killer whose only "purpose" was to be shot and killed, the wolf is now seen as the occupant of a key niche in North America's continental ecosystem and, as such, an object worthy of much study. Crowley and Link tell the stories of a number of wolf researchers, people who spend their lives following the pack to learn about the wild canine. Indeed, they relay considerably less information about the wolf than about the gatherers of that information. The researchers' job seems a thankless one: Who'd want to capture, tag, weigh, measure, and examine a wild wolf in the dead of winter somewhere in the frozen woods of Canada? Nevertheless, a number of dedicated persons do just that, for, after all, the wolf is one of the few nonhuman creatures--if not the only one--whose social structure is nearly as complex and varied as our own, and perhaps we may learn something about ourselves from studying it. Jon Kartman
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