Reddit reviews The Hidden Life of Wolves

I'm disappointed really; almost no wolves live in my state, and the 50 that currently do are under heavy protest by ranchers. (Even being hunted down).Our fear of them is irrational, as there are certainly more dog attacks than wolf attacks. They are such beautiful animals, but humans seem to have a loveworship/hate attachment to them. I'd love to hear a wolf howl, maybe even get to see a pack roaming in a national park.

People forget this side of wolves:http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/a1/77/f8/a177f8c86e5b5173f5032f8fe0d5d3c6.jpg

If you want to read more about them, these veteran wolf experts put together an awesome coffee table book that seems to pull in anybody who sees the cover. Best informative book I've read in awhile.

http://www.amazon.com/The-Hidden-Life-Wolves-Dutcher/dp/1426210124

Check out Hidden Lives of Wolves By Jim and Jamie Dutcher. Fantastic book with amazing photography. This one gives a good overview of wolves, their behavior and their social and emotional lives, along with the Dutcher's amazing photography. This one goes more into the "feels" of wolf life, why and how they play, form families, and grieve. This was written by two naturalists/filmmakers rather than a biologist, so they go much deeper into the psychology of wolves than other books. On that note, check out Carl Safina's Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel for a wonderful treatise on animal thought and emotion, a field that has largely been ignored by behaviorists in the past. Carl takes a look at elephants, wolves, dogs, and orcas in this book.

For more hard science, in-depth ecology and behavior, check out L. David Mech's Wolves: Ecology, Behavior and Conservation This is more of a textbook, very fact-based, written by one of the godfathers of wolf research and is fairly up to date with the latest research. These, along with the other recommendations in this thread, would be my go-to's for wolf behavior.