Never Cry Wolf

wonderful

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

loved MOWAT'S curiously deep connection to self, with other persons, other creatures and his envirionment that has, ultimatly, brought about a change in the way we (human beings) make sense of the natural world. a wonderfully inspiring, humbling and thought provoking a book.

What did you like best about this story?

it's humanity

What does Adam Sims bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

Sims was Mowat, great stuff!!

If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

an extraordinary accout of one man's capacity for connection much much deeper than 'ordinary humanity'

Any additional comments?

sublime

5 of 5 people found this review helpful

A hilarious challenge to accepted ways of thinking

What did you love best about Mowat: Never Cry Wolf?

It challenges you to examine your beliefs and why you believe them. And while you're doing so, you're laughing your head off. Mowat's dry wit lends itself wonderfully to the uncomfortable realization that we believe things simply because we were told to, not necessarily because they are true.

What did you like best about this story?

The story itself is beautiful, exciting and heart-touching, a tale that is far away and yet somehow still very close indeed.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

The moment in which Mowat decides to reject all his previous knowledge of wolves (which had at that point been proven wrong to him anyway) and view them with a clean slate was particularly touching. Ultimately, that is one of the most difficult (and rewarding) things for humans to do; reject what is "known" for what can be discovered

Any additional comments?

I recommend this to anyone who enjoys a good story and a good laugh and I highly recommend it to anyone who enjoys a challenge to their thinking, a change in perspective and an appreciation of the fact that often the most "human" behaviour in nature doesn't come from humans at all.

4 of 4 people found this review helpful

A noble failure and a wild success

One of those books that if fun to review because my feelings about it change depending on how I look at it. As a pure book of science reporting/writing, it is probably a noble failure. As a influential environmental book, it is probably a wild success.

It is controversial (STILL) and entertaining (STILL) and a piece of shit/scat and a piece of art. My kids loved it for all the wrong reasons and I probably hate parts of it for all the wrong reasons. So, yes, I'm glad I read it, but I also recognize that it wasn't perfect (sorry, not many Darwins out there).

12 of 15 people found this review helpful

A Funny Tale for the Whole Family

Farley Mowat is a naturalist. When he was young he had an amazing dog and two owls. He wrote about them both, 'Owls in the Family' and ;The Dog Who Wouldn't Be' . In this story, he writes about his experience dealing with bureaucracy and wolves. It is a laugh out loud tale of his study of a family of wolves who have an amazing family hierarchy. It includes an uncle, taking care of pups, who has a brief love affair with a husky. The end is very sad, the government decides to kill off many of the wolves, including those Farley had studied.
Please buy this book, you will learn an enormous amount about wolves and how a naturalist studies animals. Then Audible will release, 'Owls in the Family' and 'The Dog Who Wouldn't Be' .

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

Stunning

I listened to this on a road trip and by the end of it I looked around and was very disappointed I hadn't been in NW Canada for the past 7 or so hours like i thought I had. Farley Mowat is incredible! Adam Sims nails the reading. If you enjoy animals, the outdoors, or stories set in nature you should listen.
Set in NW Canada in the 1950's, this Author takes a Government job as a Biologist to Study wolves. The Author is freaking hilarious! The story is outstanding. I want to quit my job and take my family North to see what he saw. Wow!

Beautifully described and intriguing

Author has demonstrated the ignorance and blatant disregard ‘governing bodies’ have toward wolves. Fear driven yes, dollar driven yes. Hunting for the rich and those who want part of their riches to the total annihilation of the wolf. The author is in awe watching the daily routines of a family of wolves giving this reader a taste of our similarities to our wolverine clans. A lovely story, ambient a dismal ending for our wolf family perhaps.

amazing first contact

I read this book many years ago as a teenager and it is just as entertaining awesome and painfully full human foolishness ability to be foolish. what an amazing tale of wolf culture

A book that changed me for the better

I’m not usually a fan of memoirs, but Mowat’s story is endearing, humorous, and truly entertaining. I first read his story of living as a scientist among a family of wild Arctic wolves when I was about twelve years old. Now, revisiting the tale as a grown woman, I can see how this story left its mark on me in my youth, truly changing me for the better. I highly recommend Farley Mowat’s Never Cry Wolf.

Educational

loved it, couldn't put it down! very educational in regards to wolves, which is nice to not have a biased viewpoint on things.

Never cry wolf.

After studies so interesting, I am disgusted our government inCanada would allow plane and poison to kill such useful and Nobel creatures. Read this great account and write to gov.ca about your opinion about the last chapter of the useless slaughter of foreign hunters into the article to kill our national treasure in such a way.