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A killer. A manhunt. The triumph of justice and of the wolf. The greatest event in Yellowstone history. Greater Yellowstone was the last great truly intact ecosystem in the temperate zones of the earth#8212;until, in the 1920s, U.S. government agents exterminated its top predator, the gray wolf. With traps and rifles, even torching pups in their dens, the killing campaign was entirely successful. The howl of the #147;evil" wolf was heard no more. The #147;good" animals#8212;elk, deer, bison#8212;proliferated, until they too had to be #147;managed." Two decades later, recognizing that ecosystems lacking their keystone predators tend to unravel, the visionary naturalist Aldo Leopold called for the return of the wolf to Yellowstone. It would take another fifty years for his vision to come true. In the early 1990s, as the movement for Yellowstone wolf restoration gained momentum, rage against it grew apace. When at last, in February 1995, fifteen wolves were trapped in Alberta and brought to acclimation pens in Yellowstone, even then legal and political challenges continued. There was also a lot of talk in the bars about #147;shoot, shovel, and shut up." While the wolves' enemies worke

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Author

Thomas McNamee; Recorded Books, Inc

Publisher

Prospecta Press

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9781632260017

Category

history

Subjects

Science, Fiction, Nature

Rating

4.28 / 5 (43 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14