Contents

Foreword by Idaho Gov. C. L. “Butch” Otter

Author’s Preface by Ted B. Lyon

Author’s Preface by Will N. Graves

Minimum Estimated Wild Gray Wolf Populations

Opening Statement by Ted B. Lyon

Chapter 1 The Real Wolf Story by Ted B. Lyon

Chapter 2 Selling the Wolf: The Massive Sales Campaign and Its Fallacies by Ted B. Lyon

Chapter 3 The Myth of the Harmless Wolf by Ted B. Lyon

Chapter 4 Russian Wolves and American Wolves: No Real Difference by Will N. Graves

Chapter 5 Seven Steps of Wolf Habituation by Valerius Geist, PhD

Chapter 6 Mathematical Error or Deliberate Misrepresentation? by Don Peay

Chapter 7 The Caribou Conservation Conundrum by Arthur T. Bergerud, PhD

Chapter 8 Wolves, a Serious Threat to Livestock Producers by Heather Smith-Thomas

Chapter 9 The Unspoken Costs of a Growing Wolf Population by Rob Arnaud and Ted B. Lyon

Chapter 10 Reality Bites: Mexican Wolf Impacts on Rural Citizens by Laura Schneberger

Chapter 11 Collateral Damage Identification: Mexican Wolves in Catron County, New Mexico by Jess Carey

Chapter 12 The Wolf in the Great Lakes Region by Ted B. Lyon

Chapter 13 The Wolf as a Disease Carrier by Will N. Graves

Chapter 14 The Wolf as a Cash Cow by Karen Budd-Falen and Joshua Tolin

Chapter 15 How the First Political Wolf War Was Won by Ted B. Lyon

Chapter 16 How the Second Political Wolf War Can Be Won by Ted B. Lyon

Chapter 17 Canis Stew: The Inevitable Disappearance of the Pure Wolf by Ted B. Lyon

Chapter 18 What Is a Wolf?: Classification of North American Wolf Species, Subspecies, and Populations by Matthew A. Cronin, PhD

Chapter 19 Of What Value Are Imported Canadian Wolves? by Rob Arnaud and Ted B. Lyon

Chapter 20 I Rest My Case by Ted B. Lyon

Appendix A: Letters

Letter: Will Graves to Ed Bangs, 1993

Letter: Harris to Jewell & Ashe, 2013

Appendix B: Report: “Global Socioeconomic Impact of Cystic Echinococcosis,” 2006

Appendix C: Report: “European Echinococcosis Registry: Human Alveolar Echinococcosis, Europe, 1982–2000,” 2003

Chapter Authors

Index