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    In Praise of Wolves by R.D. Lawrence Reviewed

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    In three pages this text on the author's studies of wildlife and the behavior of wolves in particular is reviewed. Two sources are cited in the bibliography.

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    has written over 29 books on nature and wildlife. In the spring of 1983, Lawrence and his wife traveled to Ishpeming in the Upper Peninsula in Michigan to study an  untamed but captive pack of wild wolves and compared their behavior to those he had previously studied in the wild and with the two wolf cubs which he himself had  raised. During the study and his use of other studies he has conducted on packs in the wild, Lawrence often contradicts other scientific theories in that he proposes that in  many ways, wolves in the wild provide a much closer study and comparison to human behavior than do many studies on primates, considered humans closest natural relatives. In addition, Lawrence  through the use of biological, sociological and psychological comparisons is not afraid to apply human terms to wolves in the text. Instead, Lawrence has found that in many ways, humans  could learn from wolf behavior in terms of their handling of aggression (as opposed to the human emotion of anger) and stress in the wild (Lawrence, 1986; Jenish, 1996).  In approaching his subject matter, an alpha male leader of the wolf pack named Shawano, Lawrence calls upon his years of experience and knows  not to present any sort of challenge to the animals as he remained "crouching", "speaking softly" and "kept his gaze away" not wanting to confront the wild wolves during the  early stages of his work. Throughout the early stages of the book and the study, readers realize that many personal aspects of Lawrences expertise, respect and "praise" for the wolves  are apparent through such statements as "no one can deceive the eyes of a wolf. They always know. They can strip away the shams of civilization" (Lawrence, 1986, p. 1, 

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