Research- Shaun Ellis' Book

The Wolf Within is Shaun Ellis' biography, but most importantly it is about his extraordinary journey of Shaun living with with and as a wolf.

"To wolf expert, Shaun Ellis, wolves aren’t just his work, they’re also his family. An extraordinary man, Shaun has been fascinated by wolves all his life, even living as part of a wild pack for two years with no human contact. What he gained was a unique and fascinating insight into their world, and that of our very own domestic dogs.

Shaun Ellis grew up in the Norfolk countryside with a passion for and understanding with animals from an early age. His early fascination with wolves, and determination to understand them, led to him spending years in the US with the Naz Paz Indian tribe, watching wolves, learning to understand their roles and behaviour in the pack and how to communicate with them. He even lived as part of a wild pack for two years, without any human contact. Bringing his knowledge back to the UK, he astonished wildlife experts with his knowledge and insight. He now lives, eats and sleeps with his two wolf packs at Combe Martin Wildlife Park. This is the story of Shaun’s determination to understand these extraordinary animals and how what he has learned can help others to understand their own domestic dogs."

For me reading this book was an amazing insight not only into Shaun's like but also into the world of the wolf. Shaun crossed the border between the human and animal world. However what I feel makes this story far more engaging is that he done this one the wolves terms. Time and patience allowed Shaun to be welcomed into a wolf pack, he didn't enter their world trying to dominant them, he allowed them to teach him. In return Shaun managed to bring back with him a lot of new information into modern scientific knowledge, that no one would've been able to acquire from studying wolves at a distance. 

I feel that this book demonstrates the right way to study animals, living with them and as one of them.