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HUNT FOR THE SHADOW WOLF

Chelsea Green, 256pp, £20

‘Terrific, life-lit moments come howling out of Derek Gow’s history of what happened to the wolves of Britain,’ wrote the Horatio Clare. Helpfully subtitled ‘The Lost History view, ‘one of the most remarkable figures in British conservation’, is a farmer and rewilder who, Clare noted, ‘significantly contributed to the reintroduction to Britain of beavers, water voles and white storks.’

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