The Hidden Life of Wolves Vital Information By providing over 40,000 readers with vital information about wolves through our National Geographic book, The Hidden Life of Wolves. It's Time “This is a much needed, beautiful book. It is time people understand wolves because they are not the evil animals they are perceived to be.”
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Dear Jim and Jamie Dutcher, I have been a fan of your work since I was a child, like no doubt many others, I was first introduced to yourself by living with wolves documentary. It was easily the most important documentary of my life as it reflected exactly how I can always remember feeling, that wolves are special. Fast forward...
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The federal government, under a new administration, reverses the protections issued for wolves and other predators on 73 million acres of Alaska’s national wildlife refuges. A wolf-baiting proposal in Idaho is shelved due to public outrage. The McKittrick Policy, known as the “I thought it was a coyote rule,” is overturned by a lawsuit brought on by conservation groups. A…
In Oregon, polling shows overwhelming public support for wolves. Montana hunters continue to kill the wolves of Yellowstone National Park when they step outside of the park. The killing of the Profanity Peak pack on public lands, to appease a private livestock producer, signals a step backward for wolf recovery in the state of Washington. Director Dan Ashe of the…
New BookCURIOSITY. COMPASSION. FAMILY FIRST. After living among the wolves of The Sawtooth Pack for years, Jim and Jamie Dutcher present a new National Geographic hardcover book, The Wisdom of Wolves: Lessons from the Sawtooth Pack, providing groundbreaking observations of their unique experience. As strong, and just as immediately recognizable as the ties that unite a human family, the emotional bonds shared among...
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On Capitol Hill, legislation is introduced to remove ESA protections again for wolves in WY, MI, WI, and MN. Two referendums in MI show that the public (through overwhelming majority) do not want wolves to be hunted, but state legislators pass a third law that negated the referendums and the will of the people. Twenty years since reintroduction, the “Shasta…
Newest BookMore than a tale of one group of wolves. On a clear, cold morning, filmmakers Jim and Jamie Dutcher emerged from their yurt to come face-to-face with their only neighbors: a pack of wolves. Their fearless leader, Kamots, intently moved close enough to touch. He was enormous, with powerful muscles, intelligent eyes, and startlingly sharp teeth. But the Dutchers...
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Field Notes When I joined Jim at Wolf Camp in the winter of 1993, he would tell me many stories about his early years with the Sawtooth Pack. One account that stands out was how a mountain lion killed the omega wolf and how the pack reacted to this loss. He said that he didnít fully comprehend how deeply the...
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Dear Friends, This past summer, the Idaho Department of Fish and Game proposed extending the legal time for a trapper to check wolf snares from 72 hours to eight days. Designed to encourage more killing of wolves, this proposed rule could leave an animal to suffer for more than twice as long. In Alaska and most areas across the northern...
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