Over 100 pages of specific advice on subjects including socialization, pack dynamics, containment, health, nutrition, and much more. What are wolfdogs really like and is this the right companion for you? Do wolfdogs need meat in their diet? What is the Alpha Roll and should you use it? In one handy volume, you'll get the answers to these and many other frequently asked questions, an extensive resource list for further information, lots of great photographs, and a section of invaluable tricks and tips to make your relationship with your wolfdog a loving, successful one.

    David Mech. The result of their work is the most comprehensive study of a population of wolves and their prey ever available. This accessible, fascinating, and extensively illustrated book will appeal to researchers, general readers, and wolf enthusiasts across the world.

    Lobos, or Mexican wolves, once roamed freely throughout Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas until they were hunted to extinction when big cattle interests came to the Southwest. Now, a Mexican wolf introduction - similar to the Yellowstone efforts for its cousin the gray wolf - is underway in Arizona. But cattle have overgrazed the fragile land, damaging the ecosystem that barely sustains their vast numbers. With literary talent and a naturalist's sensibility, Rick Bass examines the circumstances of the Mexican wolves. Part meditation, part probing journalism, The New Wolves is an important new chapter in the drama of wolves and the American West.

    Some are fascinated by them; others simply hate them. Time and time again, John Theberge has been confronted by angry farmers who repeat the same refrain: "What good is a wolf, anyway?"Theberge, together with his wife, colleagues and students, has been studying the wolves of Algonquin Park in central Ontario for more than a decade. He is motivated not so much by affection for wolves, although he has come to know them as well as any individual alive, but by respect for the intricate relationships that sustain them. For him, the study of wolves has led to investigations into myriad elements that shape wolf habitat, from the prevalence of certain tree species, to the effect of parasites on white-tailed deer.In Wolf Country, Theberge describes the lives of the wolves he came to know. In telling their stories, he also tells something about the questions he set out to answer: whether wolf packs aggressively defend their territories; whether wolves kill more of their prey than the prey population can sustain; and whether pack behavior supports the idea of the survival of the best-fit group.What he found is unfailingly intriguing. In some respects, it is also disheartening. Too often, the pursuit of a radio-collared wolf led him to a trapper's snare. In some years, as many as 50 percent of the park's wolves were killed by humans. Among Theberge's conclusions: the supposedly protected park wolves are a population under siege: fractured, scattered, barely able to survive.Theberge took his conclusions to the ministry responsible for the park. He fought for a ban on wolf killing along the park's boundaries. He won a partial ban, but not before he hadseen the head of one of his wolves nailed to a pole in a town outside the park. This is a fascinating and inspiring story told by a man for whom the appreciation of science and life are inseparable.

    Valeri Gorbachev's adorable illustrations turn Nicky's scary night into a rollicking, reassuring bedtime book that is just right for restless sleepers. Full color.