The Hidden Life of Wolves

The Hidden Life of Wolves
Jim Dutcher (Author), Jamie Dutcher (Author), Robert Redford (Foreword)
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Dogs & Wolves

The photography is stunningly beautiful and the insights that Jim and Jamie Dutcher share with us opens a world of understanding into wolf behavior." –Apogee Photo Magazine

Delve into amazingly intimate wolf photography by Jim and Jamie Dutcher, a couple who spent many years living with a pack of wolves at the edge of Idaho's Sawtooth Wilderness, observing their complex social hierarchy. Here is the alpha pair, leaders of the pack, often the only couple that mate. Here are the pups, born with eyes shut in the spring, tousled by their mother through the first six weeks of life. Here is the omega wolf, lowest ranking wolf in the pack, whose subservience, often 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 in the wild and the beloved family dog.

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

For animal lovers, nature lovers, environmentalists, and especially dog lovers, this book shares the new understanding gained by six years of the authors' living intimately with wild wolves. Created to complement a traveling exhibition that makes its debut at Chicago's Field Museum in March 2013, it will also appeal to those unable to see the show.

• Rank: #2410 in Books
• Published on: 2013-02-05
• Released on: 2013-02-05
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 7.01" h x .98" w x 10.00" l, 2.20 pounds
• Binding: Hardcover
• 216 pages

Description #1 by eBay - grandeagleretail:

Store Search search Title, ISBN and Author The Hidden Life of Wolves by Jim Dutcher, Jamie Dutcher Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New A clear-sighted vision of wolves which challenges many deeply held misconceptions about this animal. Publisher Description Of all the animals caught in the crosshairs of environmental dilemmas, the wolf is the most challenging. Many people have strong feelings, in part because of the kinship of wolves with dogs, clearly vis

Description #2 by eBay:

author jamie dutcher author jim dutcher format hardback language english publication year 12 03 2013 subject the world ideas culture general interest subject 2 natural history animal wildlife title the hidden life of wolves author dutcher jim dutcher jamie manfull james redford robert foreward by publisher natl geographic society publication date feb 05 2013 pages 192 binding hardcover dimensions 10 50 wx 7 50 hx 1 00 d isbn 1426210124 description published to complement a traveling exhibition

Description #3 by Alibris:

Of all the animals caught in the crosshairs of environmental dilemmas, the wolf is the most challenging. Many people have strong feelings, in part because of the kinship of wolves with dogs, clearly visible in the array of photographs in this book. Jim and Jamie Dutcher have spent years getting to know these animals, gaining the trust of a small pack with whom they shared a 25-acre enclosed compound in wilderness Idaho. Their photographs, stories, observations, and evaluations come from living intimately with the wolves and challenge many deeply held misconceptions about this animal, so maligned in legend yet so closely related to man's best friend. The result is a unique, heartfelt, and clear-sighted vision of wolves and a passionate plea for new respect and understanding of the wolf's role in nature.