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    Jan 20, 2020 4 minutes

    “Highly informative, inspirational, beautifully illustrated and critically important.”This is how author and conservationist Mark Carwardine aptly describes Painted Wolves – A Wild Dog’s Life, by Nicholas Dyer and Peter Blinston. Featuring a gripping narrative and more than 220 amazing images, the book took five years to produce. Nicholas Dyer tells us more.

    Why are painted wolves such enigmatic creatures? There’s so much about them that makes them special that I struggled to fit it all into a 300-page book that weighs four kilos! I suppose the main thing is the social cohesion and the bond of the pack. They’re

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