Wisdom of Wolves, The: Lessons From the Sawtooth Pack Hardcover – Illustrated, March 6, 2018

Having seen both the documentaries that the Dutchers made about the Sawtooth wolf pack I wasn't sure this book was going to have anything new. This was definitely not the case! There was very profound insight into wolf behavior and stories of observations of other wolf packs. I especially liked the parallels that were drawn to human behavior.

I am loving this book, even though I have been brought to tears many times while reading it. I have loved wolves since childhood (I'm a baby boomer....so that's a long time). I admire their beauty, intelligence and nobility. This book speaks to those qualities which are so evident to anyone with eyes to truly see and emotions to feel. These beings taught our early ancestors by example to hunt and live in groups. Fortunately, they are still with us despite humankind's efforts at species genocide......but only just. It is humankind that has thrown nature out of balance by putting themselves and their livestock in wolf territory. Even my 10 year old niece says "Cows and sheep don't belong there. Wolves were there first." If the "beef" industry and wolf haters have it their way wolves will once again be on the brink of extinction. More and more we read and hear of the horrible slaughter being carried out by ignorant, backward, inhumane humans. Sad, how people need scapegoats for their own fear and guilt.I'm grateful to the Dutchers for their tireless efforts to educate and inform the public about these magnificent and most admirable creatures.

Must read for anyone who wants a better understanding of these magnificent creatures or their own dog.truly beautiful and inspirational

I loved learning more about wolves and this does a great job of building empathy for them. However, the book was more of a diary whereas I thought it would be more of a tale. My misunderstanding.

I’m on a bit of a wolf kick, having read the Rick McIntyre books and recently Nate Blakeslee’s American Wolf. These books are observations of packs and individual wolves in the wild, and as such, are much more interesting scientifically, ecologically and even emotionally. This is a study done by a nature photographer and his younger wife in a wholly artificial, fenced 25 acres. The other series was much more interesting, but this was good. I’m certain that the movie version was much better than the book

I really appreciated the insights into wolf behavior that the Authors so generously shared - the good, the bad and the ugly parts of how they were able to achieve their goals. It was particularly interesting to me to gain an understanding of how this was done in a somewhat controlled environment and that even though they weren't full on 'petting' the wolves, that their human presence around the pack had the impact of actually making the wolves curious about and used to being around people- that part was concerning, but knows that more good than harm was done in order to further the understanding of these iconic creatures. It was a relief to learn how their struggle to find a home territory for the wolves after the study was done was successfully accomplished. You could feel their painful selfless concern surrounding the end of their study and the sincerity of their efforts to give those wolves they got to know so well a chance to live harmoniously in a wildlife territory vs. the threatening alternatives.

Like most books on Wolves, very interesting and a good read.

I was not sure I would like this book or find it relevant to me. Both my husband and I worked in Yellowstone during wolf re-introduction. My husband was very involved and helped carry in the first crate of wild wolves to be released. We listened to this book on a road trip and found it really fascinating - coming from a different perspective -where they lived with and got to know each wolf in the pack. This made for a really compelling story. We both knew many people and events in the book and found it to be very well documented. We really enjoyed this book that takes the reader on a truely heart wrenching journey. So glad that this journey with wild wolves was made into such a fine book that many people more removed from reintroduction can learn from. A truly great book.