The lost wolves of Japan / Brett L. Walker ; foreword by William Cronon.

Many Japanese once revered the wolf as Oguchi no Magami, or Large-Mouthed Pure God, but as Japan began its modern transformation wolves lost their otherworldly status and became noxious animals that needed to be killed. By 1905 they had disappeared from the country. In this spirited and absorbing na...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author:	Walker, Brett L., 1967-
Other Authors:	Cronon, William
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Seattle : University of Washington Press, ©2005.
Series:	Weyerhaeuser environmental book.
Subjects:	Gray wolf > Japan. Extinct mammals > Japan. Extinct animals > Japan. Extinct animals Extinct mammals Gray wolf Japan