For decades, the Rocky Mountain states have been the center of an extreme right-wing culture that celebrates the image of man as "warrior." Now, a campaign of intimidation and disinformation has led to the gray wolf's removal from the Endangered Species List. Wolf blood will flow across the Rockies this fall and winter, but the killing might backfire.

A dolphin passes the mirror-test of self-recognition, a chimpanzee slowly dies of grief after his mother passes away, elephants shout in joy when a lost troop member returns, and some whale species swim in embrace after sex. Having rejected the view of animals as things, science and scholarship now spread the culture of enchantment, strengthening human feelings for other creatures and their habitats.