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Profiles wolves from the viewpoints of biologists, wildlife managers, ranchers, trappers, wolf lovers, and wolf haters; explains their nature and symbolic value; and calls for their preservation
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In exploring the tangled relationships between wolves and humans, Peter Steinhart has listened to biologists, wildlife managers, ranchers, trappers, wolf lovers, and wolf haters, and what emerges is clear evidence that when we talk about wolves, we are saying something about ourselves, about how uneasy we are with aggression, predation, and ferocity - with wildness itself.In The Company of Wolves, we learn much about what is known and still not known about wolves. We see the astonishing degree of passion that is brought to any discussion of our relationship with wolves. And we are powerfully persuaded of how much is at stake: not only the preservation of a fellow creature but the marvelous complexity of the unfolding process of evolution.
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