Kudos to the gray wolf for finding its way back to Oregon and California. Now trace the trail backwards, to the reintroduction of the species in Idaho a few decades back.
It was a make-good for humans killing off the species in its old range. But, was the reintroduction appropriate, especially when few wolves in the wild die of natural, non-human, causes?
This is a question Klamath Falls-based journalist Emma Marris asks in her new book Wild Souls: Freedom and Flourishing in the Non-Human World.
Maybe you agree we should not feed deer, but how about killing a barred owl so that a spotted owl can live? The author joins us for an exploration of our relationship to the natural world.