Rick McIntyre 
The Alpha Female Wolf 
The Fierce Legacy of Yellowstone’s 06

Book Four in the Award-Winning Alpha Wolves of Yellowstone series




Following five generations of female wolves—including the famous 06—this gripping family saga set in Yellowstone National Park reveals the pivotal role that female wolves play in pack life.




“Rick’s writing is so vivid, so powerful, that I feel I have been right there with him among the wolves of Yellowstone. And I urge you, the reader, to come with us and discover the magic of wolf society.”—DR. JANE GOODALL, DBE, Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute & UN Messenger of Peace



Yellowstone’s 06 female was called ‘the most famous wolf in the world.’ Her strength, beauty, and intelligence were unmatched, and her ability to hunt, protect her young cubs, and choose the right mates made her pack successful. In his latest book, award-winning author and renowned wolf researcher Rick Mc Intyre turns his spotting scope on 06 and more remarkable female wolves, telling the dramatic true story of five generations of female leaders in Yellowstone National Park.



As Rick shows us, female wolves, not their male counterparts, play the most pivotal roles in pack life. They choose who may mate with them and where their pack will hunt and raise pups. They negotiate treaties and fiercely defend their families. The only opponent they cannot defeat is a human with a gun.



In
The Alpha Female Wolf, Mc Intyre profiles 06’s rise to power. He also celebrates the lives of other female wolves who deserve our recognition. Throughout, Mc Intyre weaves wolf biology and storytelling into a page-turning narrative that, once again, gives readers a rare window into life in a wolf pack—this time from a female point of view.

Содержание

Map of Northeast Yellowstone National Park 

Select Yellowstone Wolf Pack Territories 2009–2015 

The Matriarchs 

Foreword by Jane Goodall 

Prologue 

The History of the Druid Pack 

Part I: 2009–2010

1 Acting as the Alpha 

2 Enter the 06 Female 

3 06 Puts Together a Team 

4 06 and Her First Pups 

5 06 Moves to Lamar Valley 

Part II: 2011

6 06’s Second Litter 

7 Prelude to War 

Part III: 2012

8 Death on the Lamar River 

9 The Rescue of the 06 Female 

10 The Mollie’s Pack Attacks 06’s Family 

11 The Den Raid 

12 Teamwork 

13 The Revenge of a Mother Wolf 

14 The Lamar Pack in Late Summer 

15 Hard Times 

Part IV: 2013

16 Starting Over 

17 The Setback 

Part V: 2014

18 Quest for an Alpha Female 

Part VI: 2015

19 Hard Times for 926 

20 926’s Triumph 

21 The Meaning of the Word Hope 

Epilogue 

Author’s Note 

Acknowledgments 

References 

Index 

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Rick Mc Intyre has spent more time observing and documenting wolves in the wild than any other person. A retired National Park ranger, Mc Intyre has spent more than forty years watching wolves in America’s national parks, twenty-five of those years in Yellowstone, where he has accumulated over 100, 000 wolf sightings, worked on the Yellowstone Wolf Reintroduction Project, and educated the public about the park’s wolves. He lives in Silver Gate, Montana.