Wolf
Brett Westwood meets a wolf and considers what wolfishness has come to mean in our culture and thinking. And how much does it have to do with the animal itself? From 2017
In this revised repeat of Natural Histories, Brett Westwood meets a wolf at The UK Wolf Conservation Trust at Beenham, near Reading and considers what wolfishness has come to mean in our culture and thinking. And how much does it have to do with the animal itself?
Taking part:
Mike Collins, wolf keeper and site manager
Claudio Sillero, Professor of Conservation Biology at the University of Oxford
Garry Marvin, social anthropologist and Professor of Human Animal Studies at the University of Roehampton
Erica Fudge, Director of the British Animal Studies Network at the University of Strathclyde
Judith Buchanan, Professor of Film and Literature at the University of York
Original Producer: Beth O'Dea
Archive Producer : Andrew Dawes
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Professor Judith Buchanan
Through the creative work of , she brings back little-known films from the silent era as a source of pleasurable engagement for contemporary audiences in the UK and elsewhere, thereby helping to ensure the preservation and ongoing life of a valuable but threatened part of our heritage.
She is the author of, among other things, Shakespeare on Film and Shakespeare on Silent Film: An Excellent Dumb Discourse and the editor of The Writer on Film: Screening Literary Authorship. She speaks regularly to public as well as to academic audiences and her voice-overs can be found on the BFI’s newly released ‘Play On! Shakespeare in Silent Film'.Â
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Mike Collins
He also trains work experience staff and educates groups of children and adults via talks and tours to teach them about the true nature and behaviour of wolves, which allows him to dispel some of the myths. He also teaches people about conservation work to protect wild wolf populations.
Dr Erica Fudge
Her work has also appeared in  magazine and she is the director of the .
Professor Garry Marvin
Among his recent publications are and, with Susan McHugh,
Professor Claudio Sillero
As Chair of the he has a special interest in the coexistence of wild canids (wolves, dogs and foxes) and rural communities, and with the  he endeavours to protect the rare , Africa’s most endangered carnivore.
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