Acknowledgements and
 Dedication 4
Contact details for
 Toni Shelbourne 4
Foreword
 by Lisa Tenzin-Dolma 5
Introduction 7
The characters in this story 8
 Dakota 8
 Duma 10
 Kodiak 11
 Kenai 12
 Mika 14
 Mai 15
 Mosi 17
 Torak 19
 Alba 20
 Lunca 21
 Latea 22
 The people 24
Love at first sight 26
 Getting to know
 the wolves 28
 Handler assessment day 29
 Building relationships 31
Front of howl – what the
 public saw 33
 Early morning howl
 session 33
 The power of the howl 34
 The Rosebud incident 35
 Fur and leather 35
 Holding hands 36
 If you go down to the
 woods today ... 37
 Showtime 38
 Research 39
Behind closed doors 42
 Night-time 42
 First feed 42
 Full moon 43
 One wolf in, two out;
 black wolves 44
 Fireworks and barking
 deer 45
 Dawn 46
 Kenai and Darcy 46
 Kodiak (Kody) 47
 Torak 48
 Torak and the pumpkin 49
 Alba and the racetrack 49
 Dancing wolves 50
 Kenai 50
 Just hanging out 53
Alba’s story 54
 Everyday life 94
 Hydro helps 94
 Decision time 97
 Goodbye, old friend 98
Picture Gallery 65
Raising a pack 100
 Homecoming 101
 New routine 102
 Water wonder 115
 Growing up 121
Afterlife 122
 Moving on 122
 Wolf contact 122
 The ethics of captive
 animals 123
 My hopes for the future 124
 What you can do 125
Contacts • Websites
 • Bibliography 127
Index 128