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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Johnson, Harold, 1957-2022, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Carnegie, Kenton, 1983-2005.

Carnegie, Kenton.

Wolves--Behavior--Case studies.

Wolves.

Wolf attacks.

Saskatchewan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (168 pages)

Place of Publication:

Regina, Saskatchewan : 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."--.

Contents:

Frontmatter

READER ADVISORY

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION: THE TRUTH

PART 1. EARLIER WOLF ENCOUNTERS

My Own Encounter

Jim Desrochess Story

Fred Desjarlaiss Encounter

Todd Svarckopf and Chris Van Galder

PART 2. DEATH BY WOLF: KENTON CARNEGIES STORY

Kenton Goes Missing

Robert Burseths Story

What Constable Noey Saw

Suspects: Two Wolves Are Taken

The Post-Incident Report

What about the Bear Tracks?

PART 3. THE INQUEST

It Begins

The Condition and Position of the Body

What Happened to Kentons 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

PART 4. OTHER EXPLANATIONS

My Thoughts on Wolves

The Wolf in Cree Trickster Stories

My Own Further Experiences with Wolves

We Dont Know If We Dont Study

The Last Word: What the Elders Say

WORKS CITED

INDEX

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780889777422

088977742X

9780889777408

0889777403

OCLC:

1119664623