Wild Wolves We Have Known

by Richard P. Thiel, Allison C. Thiel, Marianne Strozewski

The International Wolf Center has assembled in this book true stories from over 30 wolf biologists from throughout North America and Europe. These tales provide a glimpse into the amazing lives of individual wolves, revealing their unique personalities, highlighting their struggles and triumphs, and illustrating the unique influence an individual can have on the survival of its pack and the population to which it belongs.

Genres: Nonfiction, Animals, Wolves

239 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2013

Reviews

[Mazdyn · Rating 5 out of 5]

A fantastic collection of personal stories of individual wolves by some of the world's most famous people when it comes to wolves. The introduction alone is simply incredible as well, but there's also too many stories within the book that stand out to even begin making a list of them.
I absolutely adored many of the stories within this book, and I often found myself being drawn to tears reading about these exceptional individual animals. I also found myself still learning more and more about wolves with each story. I'd highly recommend this book to anyone who loves animals and, especially, to people who love wolves.

[Scott Block · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very interesting learning how wolves are caught and collared. I will say it makes me SO angry when man is the reason for a wolf’s death which sometimes makes hard to keep reading

[Lori Schiele · Rating 4 out of 5]

I ordered this book directly from the International Wolf Center. Each chapter depicts a glimpse into the lives of a wolf or wolves from the viewpoint of the wolf behaviorist/biologist who monitored them. Some stories are good, some sad, but all show the truth behind the myth--the truth about who and what wolves really are as told by the men and women that study them.
I would have given this a 5 star rating except some of the content was definitely written by scientific-minded people who seemed too concerned about using the wrong word to describe what would seem to be an easy enough task, but not when you could be accussed of anthropomorphism. Very few of the wolves have names, just numbers (the number on their tracking collars) but you still feel a kinship for their plight.
A definite for all wolf lovers and advocates

[Steve Voiles · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great first hand stories that reveal the individuality of wolves. A rare collection by some very special people. The introduction alone is worth the price of the book!

[... · Rating 4 out of 5]

A collection of wolf stories from American and European field biologists. All were interesting, but only a few were memorable.