For seventeen years, Ian McAllister has lived on the rugged north
coast of British Columbia, one of the last places on the planet where
wolves live relatively undisturbed by humans. The Last Wild Wolves
describes his experiences over that period following two packs of
wolves, one in the extreme outer coastal islands and another farther
inland in the heart of the Great Bear Rainforest.
The behavior of these animals -- which depend on the vast old-growth
forest and its gifts -- is documented in words and pictures as they fish
for salmon in the fall, target seals hauled out on rocks in winter, and
give birth to their young in the base of thousand-year-old cedar trees
in spring. Most interestingly, scientific studies reveal a genetically
distinct population of wolves -- one that is increasingly threatened by
human incursions.