The Hidden Life of Wolves

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Description

For conservationists and lovers of animals, nature, and especially dogs, this National Geographic book shares the surprising working out of untamed wolves gained over six years the authors spent living intimately with them. Delve into Jim and Jamie Dutcher’s amazing wolf photography documenting a pack of wolves on the edge of Idaho’s Sawtooth Wilderness, illuminating their complex social hierarchy. Here is the alpha pair, leaders of the pack, incessantly the one couple that mate. Here are the pups, born with eyes shut within the spring, tousled by their mother during the first six weeks of life. Here is the omega wolf, lowest ranking wolf within the pack, whose subservience, incessantly playful, alleviates pack tension. Here are moments of cooperation and moments of snarling dominance, moments of communication and affection. Here, too, are heartwarming moments of connection between the Dutchers and the wolves, caught in pictures that remind us how close the links are between wolves within the wild and the beloved circle of relatives dog. 

Short chapters introduce the wolves as individuals, describe the Dutchers’ years of coming to understand them, and address the complex conservation issues surrounding the near-extinction and now replenishment of the species within the wild. Sidebars explore myths about wolves, including Native American spirit stories, European fairy tales, and up to date ranching hearsay.


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