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This is more than a book about Yukon wolves, although by reading it you will learn a lot about this intelligent, exceptional predator. It is also a book about a great mountain wilderness where wolves and their prey continue to live in a delicate, natural balance. Using a combination of narrative non-fiction and easy-to-follow essays, the book explores the natural history of the Yukon since the last ice age through the eyes of the wolf. It describes the importance of the wolf since the Klondike gold rush and asks some compelling questions about how we will manage large carnivores, big game, and hunting in the 21st Century. The book describes the Yukon wolf’s relations to moose, caribou, Dall’s sheep, ravens, and grizzly bears. Finally, the author argues that broad-scale wolf control has never worked to increase big game and should end. He raises questions about how we should use and conserve one of the largest remaining tracts of complete wilderness on the continent. see www.wolvesoftheyukon.ca for more.