Part of a major obstacle to bringing wolves back to Yellowstone in 1995 was overcoming deeply-engrained Euro-centric mythology directed toward wolves. Rick McIntyre%27s book%2C which draws upon decades of direct wolf observations and other evidence in Yellowstone%2C makes Wolf 8 a dramatic character with a large ensemble cast. His story isn%27t fiction%3B rather it matches the natural history of wolves with a serious examination of them as sentient beings. Photo courtesy USFWS
Part of a major obstacle to bringing wolves back to Yellowstone in 1995 was overcoming deeply-engrained Euro-centric mythology directed toward wolves. Rick McIntyre%27s book%2C which draws upon decades of direct wolf observations and other evidence in Yellowstone%2C makes Wolf 8 a dramatic character with a large ensemble cast. His story isn%27t fiction%3B rather it matches the natural history of wolves with a serious examination of them as sentient beings. Photo courtesy USFWS