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Cry wolf : inquest into the true nature of a predator / Harold R. Johnson.

Van Pelt Library QL737.C22 J635 2020
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Johnson, Harold, 1957-2022, author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Carnegie, Kenton, 1983-2005--Death and burial.
Carnegie, Kenton.
Wolf attacks--Saskatchewan--Case studies.
Wolf attacks.
Wolves--Behavior--Case studies.
Wolves.
Geologists--Canada--Biography.
Geologists.
Wolf hunting--Accidents--Saskatchewan--Case studies.
Wolf hunting.
Wolves--Behavior.
Accidents.
Saskatchewan.
Canada.
Genre:
Case studies.
Biographies.
Physical Description:
xvi, 148 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Other Title:
Inquest into the true nature of a predator
Place of Publication:
Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada : University of Regina Press, [2020]
Summary:
"Turning a blind eye to the dangers of the wild can have deadly consequences. Growing up on a northern trap line, Harold Johnson was taught to keep his distance from wolves. For more than 100 years, one of Canada's top predators seemed to have absorbed the same lesson about avoiding contact with people, who pose dangers. But this seems to be changing in the twenty-first century. In Cry Wolf, Johnson re-tells the story of the 2005 death of Kenton Carnegie, who was cornered and killed in a wolf attack near his work camp. Johnson draws on his experience as a Crown prosecutor to forensically deconstruct the official reports of the killing. In his telling, the finger of blame points squarely to the lack of respect given to an animal which, as a result, is becoming more dangerous to humans. Johnson believes millennia of Indigenous teaching could have saved a life and rehabilitated the wolf to its honoured place."-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 EARLIER WOLF ENCOUNTERS
My Own Encounter
Jim Desroches's Story
Fred Desjarlais's Encounter
Todd Svarckopf and Chris Van Galder
pt. 2 DEATH BY WOLF: KENTON CARNEGIE'S STORY
Kenton Goes Missing
Robert Burseth's Story
What Constable Noey Saw
Suspects: Two Wolves Are Taken
The Post-Incident Report
What about the Bear Tracks?
pt. 3 THE INQUEST
It Begins
The Condition and Position of the Body
What Happened to Kenton's Clothing?
A Question of Dragging
The Feeding Pattern
The Types of Injuries
The "Scientific" Consensus: It Was a Bear
But...Bears Were Hibernating
Revisiting the Investigation
pt. 4 OTHER EXPLANATIONS
My Thoughts on Wolves
The Wolf in Cree Trickster Stories
My Own Further Experiences with Wolves
We Don't Know If We Don't Study
The Last Word: What the Elders Say.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [141]-142) and index.
Other Format:
Online version: Johnson, Harold, 1957- Cry wolf.
ISBN:
0889777381
9780889777385
9780889777446
0889777446
OCLC:
1111208734

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