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Bibliography Beavers also need friends. Scottish Natural Heritage are trying to reintroduce them to the Scottish Highlands. Courtesy Robert Potts & California Academy of Sciences: CalPhoto. For Schools Wolf Discovery Curriculum Generally About Wolves Jonathan Glancey (2000): The wild and the innocent. Guardian Unlimited. "Is there not a place for wolves in our islands too?" Lopez, Barry H (1978): Of wolves and men. Macmillan Publishing Co, New York. Mech L D (1988): The Arctic wolf: living with the pack. Voyageur Press, Minnesota. Published in Britain (1991) by Swan Hill Press, Shrewsbury. 144p. Mech L D (1991): The way of the wolf. Voyageur Press, Minnesota. Published in Britain 1992 by Swan Hill Press, Shrewsbury. 120p. Excellent introduction to the wolf. Wolf Philosophy Haber G C (1996): Biological, conservation and ethical implications of exploiting and controlling wolves. Conservation Biology, 10 (4), 1068-1081. Questions modern conservation management of wolves, which is based only on wolf numbers. McGhee, Robert (2002): Co-Evolution: New Evidence Suggests That To Be Truly Human Is To Be Partly Wolf. Alternatives, 28 (1). Among the interesting ideas here is the co-evolution of wolves/dogs and humans. Knight, John (2003): Waiting for Wolves in Japan: an anthropological study of people-wildlife relations. OUP. 312 pp About the attitude of the Japanese to their wolves and wildlife. They thought benignly of wolves until the 20th century when they exterminated them. Japan is now in the same position as Britain, a large wolfless island, with a growing number of people wishing to reintroduce wolves. Wolves & Reintroductions in the British Isles Corbet G & Harris S (eds) (1991): The handbook of British mammals. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford. Nothing much on wolves but has information about deer in Britain. Cusdin P A & Greenwood A G (2000): The keeping of wolf-hybrids in Great Britain. Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. The title explains all. Debara D (2003): The Last Irish Wolf. International Wolf. English Nature (2002): Return of the red kite. The red kite reintroduction programme in England. Golden Eagle Reintroduction Project A project to reintroduce golden eagles to Ireland. Great Bustard Group Great Bustard is reintroduced in England. The world's heaviest flying bird. Hunted to extinct in Britain in the 19th century and reintroduced in 2004. Harting J E (1880): British animals extinct within historic times. Trubner, London. A chapter records the wolf's disappearance from Britain. Boring and a lot of it is wrong, see The Last British Wolves. Reprinted 1972 by Paul Minet, Bucks. The wolf chapter is also published alone as A Short History of the Wolf in Britain by Pryor Publications, 1994. Leaper R, Massei G, Gorman M L & Aspinall R (1999): The feasibility of reintroducing Wild Boar (Sus scrofa) to Scotland. Mammal Review, 29 (4), 239-259. Macdonald D W, Tattersall F H, Brown E D & Balharry D (1995): Reintroducing the European beaver to Britain: nostalgic meddling or restoring biodiversity? Mammal Review, 25 (4), 161-200. Morris P A (1986): An introduction to reintroductions. Mammal Review, 16, 49-52. O'Toole L, Fielding A H & Haworth P F (2002): Re-introduction of the golden eagle into the Republic of Ireland. Biological Conservation, 103 (3), 303-312. Osprey Project 2002: Ospreys translocated to Rutland from Scotland. Rees P A (2001): Is there a legal obligation to reintroduce animal species into their former habitats? Oryx, 35 (3), 216-223. An important paper reminding us about the legal aspects of reintroducing species. Scottish Natural Heritage (1998): Re-introduction of the European Beaver to Scotland: results of a public consultation. Summary. Scottish Natural Heritage Research Survey & Monitoring Series No 121. Scott Porter Research & Marketing. Wilson, Charles J (2004): Could we live with reintroduced large carnivores in the UK? Mammal Review, 34 (3), 211-232. About wolves, lynx and bears. Yalden D W (1986): Opportunities for reintroducing British mammals. Mammal Review, 16, 53-63. Wolves & Reintroductions Carnivore Damage Prevention News A journal concerning management problems of wolves, bears and other large carnivores. Ferris R M et al (1999): Places for Wolves: A Blueprint for Restoration and Long-Term Recovery in the Lower 48 States. Defenders of Wildlife. Recommends wolf reintroductions to sites in US regions where wolves used to live. Frttts S H et al (1997): Planning and Implementing a Reintroduction of Wolves to Yellowstone National Park and Central Idaho. Restoration Ecology, 5(1), 7 - 27. An outline of these US wolf reintroductions. Grooms S (2001): Uncovering The Realities Behind "Outlaw" Wolf Legends. International Wolf, 11(1). How some of the last wolves in the Wild West got their reputations. Grooms S (2002): A Brief History of Wolf Research. International Wolf, 12(2) & 12(3). Part 1 & Part 2 How wolves are monitored for lupine research. High Country News News and information about the American West. Type wolf wolves in the search box (top right of page) for lots of articles about wolves. Hutchinson J (2002): Gray Wolf Reintroduction in Adirondack Park? International Wolf, 12(3). Different interpretations on a wolf reintroduction feasibility study's findings in eastern USA. McNally J (2002): Living in Wolf Country. International Wolf, 12(3). A Minnesota rancher explains the problems she has guarding against wolf depredation. Mech L D (1970): The wolf: the ecology and behavior of an endangered species. Natural History Press, Garden City, New York. 384p. Despite its years this book does not seem to age. Mech D L (1995): The challenge and opportunity of recovering wolf populations. Conservation Biology, 9, 270-278. Covers the status and recovery of wolves in the US and the dilemma of the wolf's management. Also at this web site. Mech L D (1996): A new era for carnivore conservation. Wildlife Society Bulletin 24(3):397-401. Jamestown, ND: Northern Prairie Wildlife Research. Mech L D, Adams L G, Meier T J, Burch J W, & Dale B W (1998): The Wolves of Denali. University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis. 227p. Describes field research on wolf packs in Alaska. Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center Over three dozen papers online about wolves. Many are central to the wolf reintroduction in Britain. To find them, click the link 'Resource Finder' then type wolf in the search box. Of particular relevance are these seven: 1) Wolf Management in the 21st Century. 2) The Wolf Dilemma in Minnesota: Can You Help Solve It? 3) Assessing Factors that May Predispose Minnesota Farms to Wolf Depredation on Cattle. 4) A New Era for Carnivore Conservation. 5) Estimated Costs of Maintaining a Recovered Wolf Population in Agricultural Regions of Minnesota. 6) Wolf Restoration to the Adirondacks: the Advantages and Disadvantages of Public Participation in the Decision. Okarma H The searching wolf: a bibliography of European wolf literature. A list of scientific research papers up to 1995. Paquet P C, Strittholt J R & Staus N L: Wolf reintroduction feasibility in the Adirondack Park. Conservation Biology, 9, 270-278. This feasibility study is of interest because Adirondacks in New York is similar in size and in many other ways to the Scottish Highlands. Piechocki, Richard Who's afraid of the wandering wolf?. New Scientist. About the wolf comeback in the 1990's to western Europe after centuries of human hostility. Promberger C, Promberger-Fuerpass N & Mertens A (2000): A large carnivore centre for Piatra Craiului. Carpathian Large Carnivore Project, Romania. Proposal for a large carnivore (bear, wolf, lynx) centre in the Romanian Carpathians. Shows what we in Britain could, should, must be doing for the Scottish Highlands. Robbins, J (2004): Lessons from the wolf. Scientific American. July 2004 How wolves some years on from their reintroduction to Yellowstone are dramatically changing that ecosystem. This is an eye opening article showing how a predator is changing the flora and fauna of an area by preying on deer. Could it happen in the Scottish Highlands? Also see Smith et al. Sharpe V A, Norton B & Donnelley S (eds) (2001): Wolves and Human Communities: Biology, Politics, and Ethics. Island Press, Washington, D.C. 280p Thinkers and wolf researchers offer chapters addressing the ethical, biological, legal and political concerns about reintroducing wolves. Smith D W, Peterson R O & Houston D B (2003): Yellowstone after wolves. BioScience, 53 (4), 330-340. How wolves are changing the Yellowstone ecosystem. Also see Robbins. Wolf restoration to Yellowstone The Official Website Of Yellowstone National Park. Weigand R, Sweetnam P, Lister P & Wyss H (2001): Carpathian Large Carnivore Project Annual Report 2001. Shows what we could be doing in Britain when people have the will. Wolf Action/Management/Reintroduction Plans Alberta wolf management plan Ethiopian wolf - status survey and conservation action plan (1997) This is Canis simensis, a close relative of Canis lupus. Lives only in Ethiopia. Mexican wolf reintroduction program The most southerly sub-species of grey wolf in North America. Montana wolf management Wisconsin wolf management plan (1999) Wolves & Ryelatives Dingo The Dingo is now recognised as a sub-species of wolf and renamed Canis lupus dingo. Endangered Red Wolves The endangered and reintroduced red wolf Canis rufus lives only in south-east USA. Page revised 8.05