ON THE TRAIL OF WOLVES a british adventure in the wild west;a british adventure in the wild west

A chance to move to the US Wild West allows TV presenter Philippa Forrester to fulfil a lifelong dream of living among and learning all she can about wolves When Philippa Forrester and her nature-loving family moved to the wilds of Grand Teton National Park, they quickly learned to love the wildlife of Wyoming and nearby Yellowstone. The sounds of wolves close to their new home fed Philippa's lifelong fascination with these remarkable animals, but nothing she had learned about wolves from her studies in the UK could have prepared her for the reality of living in wolf country. And as she and her family settled into their new wilder way of life, she discovered many locals are not excited about sharing their land with wolves. Twenty-five years after wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park, wolf packs are spreading into areas where their protection has been removed by the American administration. Without that protection, what is the future for wolves where many people resent that they were ever here at all? In On the Trail of Wolves , Philippa vividly recounts her adventures living among the grizzlies, elk and wolves in her new home in America's Wild West and chronicles her journeys further from home to talk to conservationists, rangers, hunters and ranch owners to investigate when and why opinions on wolves became so polarised. Wolves Fascinate Us – They Always Have And Always Will – And With Her New Non-fiction Narrative, Author And Tv Presenter Philippa Forrester Aims To Help Us Understand The Wolf Better And Learn Its Real Place In Modern America To Try And Gauge Its Future. When Philippa And Her Family Relocated To The Wilds Of Wyoming, The Sound Of Wolves Close To Their New Home Fed Her Lifelong Fascination. But As She Settled Into Life In The Us, She Discovered Many Residents Weren't Happy To Share Their Land With Wolves. Philippa Listened To What Locals Have To Say And Travelled Further From Home To Talk To Rangers, Conservationists, Hunters And Ranch Owners To Try And Learn When And Why Opinions On Wolves Became So Polarised. It's Now More Than A Decade Since Wolves Were Reintroduced Into Yellowstone National Park. To Many, Their Reintroduction Seemed Like A Victory. But What Does The Future Hold For Wolves In A Land Where Many People Resent They Were Ever There At All? How Can Ever-increasing Human Populations Learn To Live Alongside Large Predators Before We End Up With A Planet Devoid Of Them? In This Captivating Non-fiction Narrative, Philippa Trails Wild Wolves Living Within The Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem Revealing What She Learns About These Beautiful Wild Animals From Living Among Them, As She Tries To Make Sense Of The Lies And Rumours That Are Spread About Wolves By Those Who Seek To Exterminate Them Again.