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What good is the wolf: public opinion about wolves
by Cornelia Hutt and Steve Grooms
International experts examine the determining factors that shape world-wide attitudes toward wolves.
Study details attitudes about wolves, past and present
by D. M. O'Keefe
An examination of a study conducted by Yale University Professor Stephenn Kellert reveals the attitudes, knowledge, and behaviors of Minnesota residents toward wolves.




From the Chair of the Board

    by Nancy jo Tubbs
    In this issue of International Wolf, we're listening to public opinion on important questions about the wolf, and we hope you'll join us. When we talk, we learn what we think. That's why the good teacher asks important questions, and then listens for the speaker's knowledge, values, concerns, reasoning and feelings.

International Wolf Center Notes From Home

    Nancy Gibson, member of the International Wolf Center's board of directors, was presented with the 2002 Conservationist of the Year—Citizen Award on February 7, 2003, at the Minnesota's Conservation Awards dinner in St. Paul.

Tracking the Pack

    Raising Wolves in a High-tech World
    by Nancy Gibson
    International Wolf Center Board Member Nancy Gibson shares her experiences raising the arctic pups that became the most recent additions to our Center in Ely this summer. At seven weeks old, the pups, named Malik and Shadow, joined our ambassador wolves, Lakota, Mackenzie, and Lucas at our Center in Ely this summer.

Personal Encounter

    The Wolf Trap: Encountering Mixed Attitudes in Tibet
    by William Bleisch
    The wolf lay limp at out feet, its muzzle streaked with blood. Except for the weak movement of its breathing, it would have been hard to say if she was dead or alive. We shuffled and stamped our feet to fight the growing cold as the sun descended in a red horizon and the wind gathered its strength. Harboring no doubts that her end was near, we left feeling depressed and helpless

Great Minnesota Wolf Debate

    Minnesota Legislature carves out wolf management zones
    by Kimberly Byrd
    On May 15, Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura signed a bill in the Minnesota Legislature establishing two wolf management zones in Minnesota. The bill represented a compromise between the 1998 Citizen's Roundtable Agreement and a bill passed by the House in 1999 that established an open hunting and trapping season in the state.

News and Notes

Wolf Tales; Wolf Trails

    Edward Norton reads a copy of International Wolf at the historic Senator Theater in Baltimore where Norton's recently released film Keeping the Faith, premiered.

Don't Believe Everything You Read

Wild Kids

    We've Got Mail
    by Nancy jo Tubbs
    Letters from kids.

As a Matter of Fact

    When do arctic wolf pups gain adult size?

A Look Beyond

    Attitudes Toward the Wolf
    by Alistair Bath
    Increasingly more positive public attitudes toward carnivores and better knowledge about them are two reasons large carnivores (European brown bear, Eurasian lynx, wolverine, and wolf) are coming back to many parts of Europe. There are several factors influencing this trend: rural-to-urban human population shift, an increase in vegetative cover, an increase in prey base, and the efforts of the LCIE, a coalition of experts from more than 25 Pan-European countries.