A male Eurasian gray wolf, Crai ("King"), looks down the slope of a wolf enclosure behind Cabanna Lupului ("The Wolf Cabin") where the author stayed while working as a volunteer for the Carpathian Large Carnivore Project (CLCP), near Zarnesti, Romania. Although friendly to most project personal who he regarded as pack mates, Crai and his sister Poiana ("small meadow in the forest") were very wary of strangers who approached the enclosure. The wolves were kept for research and public relations purposes by the CLCP, which was working to develop and implement strategies to help conserve the remarkable and unique natural heritage of the Carpathian Mountain region of the Romanian province of Transylvania.

In Dreaming of Wolves you can learn about the behavior and ecology of wolves in Transylvania, including their conflicts with humans: the farmers and shepherds and hunters with whom they share the spectacular mountainous landscape. You can also read entertaining and informative anecdotes about the efforts of the researchers who were working to understand and resolve the conflicts and to provide objective information to the public in order to align attitudes with facts - thereby helping to promote the conservation of the elusive predators and their habitat.

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