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In the Far East, paying protection money to the mafia and bribes to customs officials is cheaper than legitimate timber licenses and export duties. On a late night drive through the snowbound woods of the Bikin valley, it is not unusual to meet the black-market night shift—a Toyota van loaded with fallers and their saws, followed by a flatbed crane
... See moreJohn Vaillant • The Tiger
The worthy investment, the millions spent building a trophic Eden, it is simply another grand scheme that he can choose to dismantle again, if he so wishes. There is a bigger, more exciting game – testing beyond the cage, wolves in the real world. You godly fuck, she thinks, you absolute maniac, this is what you wanted all along.
Sarah Hall • The Wolf Border

more than a dog of his size and stature could have hoped for: food, a den with humans he could manipulate or evade, and an outside world that was not threatening.
Andre Alexis • Fifteen Dogs
INTRODUCTION
Barry H. Lopez • Of Wolves and Men (Scribner Classics)

In the course of his research, Rick found himself reading everything he could find on the historical treatment of wolves in the United States. The more he read, the more convinced he became that his ancestors had committed a terrible injustice. When the Pilgrims landed on Plymouth Rock, there were perhaps as many as two million wolves on the contin
... See moreNate Blakeslee • American Wolf: A True Story of Survival and Obsession in the West
His farewell to a species turning from animal into data.
Richard Powers • The Overstory: A Novel
It wasn’t that humans were inevitably dangerous, but they were unpredictable.