Mark Cocker

Do we really want to bring back the wolf?

The apex predator is making a startling resurgence in Europe – many say to the enrichment of the landscape. But it’ll take a lot to convince the British of that

Engraving from The British Wolf-Hunters, by Thomas Miller, 1859. [Bridgeman Images]

  • Hunt for the Shadow Wolf: The Lost History of Wolves in Britain and the Myths and Stories that Surround Them

    Derek Gow

    Chelsea Green, pp. 256, £20

  • Groundbreakers: The Return of Britain’s Wild Boar

    Chantal Lyons

    Bloomsbury, pp. 288, £20

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