Prof Em. Valerieus Geist, Canada

Dear Erich,

The last of the wolf pack that occupied us since their arrival here in summer 1999 is now dead (March 12^th, 2003) and so its time to finish off the story. It’s a narrative account, not a scientific paper. It all fell upon us, very suddenly and without warning. Had I known what I know now, I would have taken census data and organized systematic data collecting. It did not happen because I had no idea what was to unfold. So, read it and if you want to publish it feel free to do so.

(Translated into Swedish "När vargen kom till byn")

Wildlife officers have killed seven "problem" bears in the past nine days in western Colorado, raising fears for what may come during the animals' late-summer feeding frenzy.

"I'm up to my eyeballs in bears," said Randy Hampton, spokesman for the Colorado Division of Wildlife.

denverpost.com