Beautiful color photographs, accompanied by an evocative and poetic text, depict the vitality and grace of wolves, showing how they can be restored to an environment from which they had virtually vanished.
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Grade 4-5-A heartfelt, impassioned plea for the return of the wolf to the territories it once roamed. Hirschi makes frequent references to the respect Native Americans have long held for this intelligent predator, and cites the role wolves play in maintaining proper balances in a natural world. However, the landscape necessary for a wolf pack is large, and demands minimal human presence. Where is there sufficient wilderness? Definite location is not addressed. Generalities are. While coyotes have adapted to life among freeways and subdivisions (snacking on cats and small dogs), the very different social structure of the wolf makes such integrated existence difficult, particularly as many humans will object strongly to sharing space with a large predator prone to running in packs. Preserving the wilderness that remains is essential for wolf survival and probably vital to our spiritual well-being as humans too. However, we must remember during such environmental efforts that The Apple has been eaten. There is no direct return route to Eden without either divine intervention or an unprecedented re-run of the evolutionary tape. Accompanied by some nice full-color photos of wilderness inhabitants, the text provides readers with the addresses of conservation organizations and urges them to join a letter-writing campaign to congressional representatives and the Secretary of the Interior. Hirschi's sincerity shines on every page, but the idyllic future he envisions faces some tough decisions in the present.
Patricia Manning, Eastchester Public Library, NY
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Patricia Manning, Eastchester Public Library, NY
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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