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Yellowstone National Park was once home to an abundance of wild wolves--but park rangers killed the last of their kind in the 1920s. Decades later, the rangers brought them back, with the first wolves arriving from Canada in 1995. This is the incredible true story of one of those wolves. Wolf 8 struggles at first--he is smaller than the other pups, and often bullied--but soon he bonds with an alpha female whose mate was shot. An unusually young alpha...

Driven from their packs, two wolves meet, become companions, and form a new pack with their pups.

"Tracing his own relationship with wolves from his rural South Dakota upbringing through his formative years as a professional trapper to his landmark work as an internationally renowned wildlife biologist, Errington delves into our irrational fear of wolves. He forthrightly criticizes what he views as humanity's prejudice against an animal that continues to serve as the very emblem of the wilderness we claim to love, but that too often falls prey...

Recounts how a wolf pack struggles to survive in the frozen North and includes an author's note describing the dwindling wolf population in America and the threat of extinction.

With more than 50 images printed in full color and in black and white, Wolf Walking is the first book to feature the extraordinary work of wildlife illustrator, Judi Rideout. Illuminating the art is text by Edwin Daniels that explores various aspects of the wolf in science, myth, and legend from many diverse cultures throughout history. Here we see the wolf both venerated and condemned. Also featured is a history of the wolf in America, from virtual...

Dogs have become an integral part of the lives of millions of people around the world - as working animals or simply as domestic pets - but their wild relatives are being pushed ever closer to extinction. The ancestor of the domestic dog, the grey wolf, has been eliminated from most of Europe and, in the USA, the red wolf's plight is such that it is currently the subject of an intensive captive-breeding and reintroduction program. This book examines...

National Geographic follows in the footsteps of a pioneering pack of red wolves reintroduced to the wilds of North Carolina - the Milltail pack. Before this expedition, little was known about the red wolf in the wild. In this video, wildlife biologists observe wolf behavior never seen before and witness a virtually exterminated species as it gets a second chance. Viewers will learn that America's Last Red Wolves is as much a human story as a natural...

"A picture book from Davide Cali that entertains with his signature humor and storytelling, while incorporating numbers and counting into the tale"--Provided by publisher.

Out of Russia's northern forests, once every generation or so, an evil wolf called the Blood Prince walks, causing two young children to seek the witch Baba Yaga and ask her help in saving their village.

Wolves, Courts, and Public Policy: The Children of the Night Return to the Northern Rocky Mountains examines the reintroduction and recovery of the wolf in that region and focuses on the controversial role of the courts in the resolution of public policy conflicts. Federal courts, which were required to interpret the statutory mandates and review the Department of the Interior's decisions to ensure statutory compliance, have been instrumental in the...