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Title: Yellowstone Wolves in the Wild by James C. Halfpenny ISBN: 1-931832-26-9 Publisher: Riverbend Pub. Date: June, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (5 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Re-introduction Triumph.
Comment: When the introduction of Wolves into Yellowstone National Park first occured in 1995/96 many books appeared celebrating and philosophizing the environmental and social effects of that success. Now, eight years later comes this wonderful book that not only looks at the success of the Yellowstone experiment, but also at those pioneering Wolves, the actual animals who braved that unknown scientific test to see if, after 80 years, the Wolf could again be a part of the Yellowstone ecosystem.
Author James C Halfpenny has beautifully, with just the right amount of anthropomorphism, detailed the lives and experiences of the introduced wolves known to us only by numbers. But like all animal/human interactions even a number can create an emotional attachment, as was the case with the fate of Rose Creek number 10M, the 'Big Guy', whose ultimate sacrifice became the strenghth and symbol of the desire for the Yellowstone experiment to be a success despite the echoes of human hatred still being felt throughout the wilderness.
Ultimately, with all popular wolf books, it is the photographs that are the real joy to most readers, and again this publication delivers. Beautiful and fascinating pictures are presented throughout, and with the well advertised phrase 'no captive wolves" ,a unique claim also, it should be noted, found in David L Mech's Arctic Wolf: Living with the pack (1988) and Jim Brandenberg's White Wolf (1988)and Brother Wolf: a Forgotten Promise (1993) , the photographs take on a special importance of being truely wild and free animals in an environment that had been stolen from them for so many decades. Also included in this text are several Appendices, outlining the original packs and pack members, detailing their histories and social status and also the 2002 wolf packs, their members, offspring and pack locations around the park.
For those wolf enthusiasts who enjoyed the Yellowstone wolf experience in the books, Yellowstone Wolves (Ferguson) Return of the Wolf to Yellowstone (McNamee) Yellowstone Wolf Guide & Sourcebook (Scullery) and Wolves of Yellowstone (Philips & Smith),this is an essential addition to that collection of documents about the most successful animal re-introduction program ever undertaken. As Henry David Thoreau once wrote -" In wildness Is the preservation of the World "-
Rating: 5
Summary: Yellowstone Wolves in the Wild by James C. Halfpenny
Comment: We received our Yellowstone Wolves Book on Monday.
And We, wanted to say Thank You, So much !
This is the BEST book yet.
It will help to keep us close to the Wolves, even down here in Kansas.
Excellent work, and Praise to the Photographer's too !
Can't wait for more like this one.
Rating: 5
Summary: Beautifully done, excellently written
Comment: Dr. James Halfpenny has done a marvelous job of telling the story of the Yellowstone wolves, using photos of the actual animals (no photos of captive wolves, a first for a book of this kind!). He marvelously interweaves biology and research topics with first-hand accounts and stories from the park staff, visitors and volunteers to give a rich account of what the Yellowstone Wolf Project has taught us about this magnificent animal.
The book contains a wealth of information on the wolves, including their reintroduction, the history of the packs, their behavior, and their impact on the entire ecosystem. Plenty of reference material at the end including ID charts and maps round out the factual data. Filled with personal accounts, gorgeous photos and fascinating stories, this book is a must for anyone interested in the most successful endangered species restoration project of the century.
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Title: Wolves: Behavior, Ecology, and Conservation by L. David Mech, Luigi Boitani, David L. Mech ISBN: 0226516962 Publisher: University of Chicago Press (Trd) Pub. Date: November, 2003 List Price(USD): $49.00 |
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Title: The Wolves of Yellowstone by Michael K. Phillips, Douglas W. Smith, Barry O'Neill, Teri O'Neill ISBN: 0896583910 Publisher: Voyageur Press Pub. Date: January, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Beyond Wolves: The Politics of Wolf Recovery and Management by Martin A. Nie ISBN: 0816639787 Publisher: Univ of Minnesota Pr (Trd) Pub. Date: May, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The Wolf: The Ecology and Behavior of an Endangered Species by L. David Mech, Ian McTaggart ISBN: 0816610266 Publisher: Univ of Minnesota Pr (Trd) Pub. Date: July, 1985 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The Wolf Almanac by Robert H. Busch ISBN: 1558215573 Publisher: The Lyons Press Pub. Date: 01 January, 1998 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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