"Large carnivores have always had a special role in human cultures, a sort of fascination rooted in a fear of carnivores as potential killers of humans and human envy of the carnivores' strength and success as hunters. Lions in Africa, tigers in Asia, jaguars in central-south America, all have played a prominent, often central role in human values, perceptions and attitudes towards nature. The wolf fills this role throughout its vast distribution range, from North America to most of Eurasia and southwards to the sands of Arabia and the forests of central India. But the wolf is more than that, as it pervades human cultures more deeply and extensively than any other species on earth."
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From the foreward of The Wolf: Culture, Nature, Heritage, Boydell & Brewer, 2023, pp. xxi-xxiii
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