Published: 2022-06-22

Howls in the Anthropocene: Between Wildness and Captivity of Wolves in the Memoirs of Lois Crisler and Teresa Martino

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Abstract

The article shows the shift in perception of wolves that occurred in North America between the 1950s and 1990s through the stories of Lois Crisler and Teresa Martino—two women who developed a close relationship with their wolves. Although Lois Crisler’s wolves—Lady, Trigger, Alatna, Arctic, Barrow, Killik, and Tundra—were born wild, they spent their lives as captives. On the other hand, Mckenzie, a she-wolf born in captivity and raised by Teresa Martino, was released back to the wild. Their stories provide a glimpse into a period of time when hatred for wolves was giving way to public acceptance. It was during this time, too, that wolf reintroductions were considered as a way of rewilding the land after these predators have been almost completely exterminated in the United States.

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Szymonek, P. (2022). Howls in the Anthropocene: Between Wildness and Captivity of Wolves in the Memoirs of Lois Crisler and Teresa Martino. Zoophilologica. Polish Journal of Animal Studies, (1 (9), 1–18. https://doi.org/10.31261/ZOOPHILOLOGICA.2022.09.10

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No. 1 (9) (2022)
Published: 2022-06-30


ISSN: 2719-2687
eISSN: 2451-3849
Ikona DOI 10.31261/ZOOPHILOLOGICA

Publisher
Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego | University of Silesia Press

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