“My ultimate ambition is to introduce a captive pack of wolves into the wild and live with them.”

—  Shaun Ellis

Interview with A Man Among Wolves: Shaun Ellis http://incubator.nationalgeographic.com/inside_ngc/2007/04/interview-with-a-man-among-wolves-shaun-ellis.html, Inside NGS, (2007)

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