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Wolf : legend, enemy, icon
A passionate look at one of the most fascinating animals in the world.
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Lobos. Mitos y leyendas. El lobo en la actualidad
¡El lobo! Desde los tiempos más remotos, siempre ha acompañado al hombre. Sólo el hecho de oír su nombre produce una mezcla de escalofrío y fascinación. Gran desconocido y tremendamente misterioso, este inteligente animal, al que a veces se puede escuchar en la noche profunda pero que raramente se deja ver, se ha considerado peligroso por el simple hecho de ser un depredador. Siempre ha causado temor, pero este miedo, afortunadamente, ahora comienza a desaparecer. Aunque ha estado al borde de la extinción, en los últimos años se ha logrado una recuperación que avanza día a día, si bien sigue despertando polémica, sobre todo entre los pastores. El parque de Gévaudan, en Francia, posee una reserva de lobos única en su género. En este maravilloso marco de paisajes escarpados donde descansan los profundos valles de Lot y Tarn, con bosques de hayas y de pinos, mesetas calcáreas y llanos áridos, Gérard Lecomte y Bernard Dumort, provistos de su cámara de fotos y una buena dosis de paciencia, se han adentrado a descubrir este extraordinario animal. Con esta obra, la primera que se ha realizado íntegramente en el parque, han querido sensibilizar al público mostrándole al lobo en todas sus facetas, en su hábitat natural; y mediante sus maravillosos textos y sus excepcionales fotografías, han logrado componer un verdadero himno al Canis lupus.
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Wolf
Feared and revered, the wolf has been admired as a powerful hunter and symbol of the wild and reviled for its danger to humans and livestock. Garry Marvin reveals in Wolf how the ways in which wolves are imagined has had far-reaching implications for how actual wolves are treated by humans.
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Monsters of the Gévaudan
In 1764 a peasant girl was killed and partially eaten while tending sheep. Eventually, over a hundred victims fell prey to a mysterious creature whose deadly efficiency mesmerized Europe. Monsters of the Gévaudan revisits this spellbinding tale and offers the definitive explanation for its mythic status in French folklore.
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Little Red Riding Hood
Presents a retelling of the story of a little girl who meets a hungry wolf in the forest while on her way to visit her grandmother.
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Loss of traditional knowledge aggravates wolf–human conflict in Georgia (Caucasus) in the wake of socio-economic change
Reports of the damage from wolf attacks have increased considerably over the last decade in Georgia (in the Caucasus). We interviewed locals about this problem in two focal regions: the Lanchkhuti area (in western Georgia) and Kazbegi District (in eastern Georgia) where livestock numbers had increased by an order of magnitude owing to dramatic shifts in the local economies over the last decade. This coincided with expanding habitats for wolves (abandoned plantations, for example). We found that the perceived damage from wolves was positively correlated with a poor knowledge of wolf habits and inappropriate livestock husbandry practices. Our results suggest a loss of traditional knowledge contributes strongly to the wolf–human conflicts in Georgia. Restoring traditional, simple but good practices—such as protecting herds using shepherd dogs and introducing bulls into the herds—can help one solve this problem.
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The wolf who learned to be good
Wolf wants to fight his natural instincts, be good, and make a friend and with the help of a delicious-looking little girl, he may get his chance.
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