The Company of WolvesAs wolves return to their old territory in Yellowstone National Park, their presence is reawakening passions as ancient as their tangled relations with human beings. This authoritative and eloquent book coaxes the wolf out from its camouflage of myth and reveals the depth of its kinship with humanity, which shares this animal's complex complex social organization, intense family ties, and predatory streak. |
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... forest and into the open on a valley floor. Says Walker, “The wolves were heading for the timber and they got almost halfway over and they realized the plane was going to catch them. They turned around and faced the airplane and were ...
... forest and into the open on a valley floor. Says Walker, “The wolves were heading for the timber and they got almost halfway over and they realized the plane was going to catch them. They turned around and faced the airplane and were ...
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... forest, he would take some to a desert valley near the Trialete Mountains, release them, observe them, and bring them back to his laboratory. In order to follow them, he constructed his own radio collars and his own radio receiver. One ...
... forest, he would take some to a desert valley near the Trialete Mountains, release them, observe them, and bring them back to his laboratory. In order to follow them, he constructed his own radio collars and his own radio receiver. One ...
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... forest in southern British Columbia and Alberta in the 1970s, they opened up new habitat to white-tailed deer. The deer proliferated, offering the wolves a food source they may have found newly sustaining. And in northern Montana, a ...
... forest in southern British Columbia and Alberta in the 1970s, they opened up new habitat to white-tailed deer. The deer proliferated, offering the wolves a food source they may have found newly sustaining. And in northern Montana, a ...
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... forest a few miles north of the international border and saw seven wolf pups. Boyd and Desanto hiked to the spot and found the litter. One gray pup poked along through the weeds and wildflowers, and a second pup darted into the woods so ...
... forest a few miles north of the international border and saw seven wolf pups. Boyd and Desanto hiked to the spot and found the litter. One gray pup poked along through the weeds and wildflowers, and a second pup darted into the woods so ...
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... forest roads. The jaws of the traps were offset to minimize injury to the wolves, and Boyd checked the traps twice daily. The pups were not shy of traps, and Boyd was able to catch several and put radio collars on them. Though she found ...
... forest roads. The jaws of the traps were offset to minimize injury to the wolves, and Boyd checked the traps twice daily. The pups were not shy of traps, and Boyd was able to catch several and put radio collars on them. Though she found ...
Contents
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IO The Persistence of Wolves | 216 |
Yellowstone | 239 |
I2 A Skirmish in Alaska | 267 |
WolfDogs | 296 |
I4 Looking for Spirit | 320 |
Bridging the Gap | 338 |
Appendixes | 346 |
Index | 361 |
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