She, a nameless reporter from the 21st century, had somehow turned into a wolf! She felt that in this world, there was no one who had a more ridiculous experience than her! He, the Regent of the Heavenly Enlightenment, had power and influence. On his way back to the city, he accidentally saved 'it' from the tiger's mouth. However, he did not know that 'it' was actually a person. One afternoon, a servant girl ran over anxiously to report, "Prince, it's bad. The white wolf bit Miss Zhang!" The maidservant hurriedly came to report, but when Xiao Wang heard this, his eyebrows shot up, "I already disliked that woman a long time ago. The wolf did quite well. I'll give it a chicken leg at noon." Servant girl: "..." When the empress dowager was invited to the palace for dinner, her father-in-law came up to her with an ugly expression and said, "Prince, your beloved wolf killed off the empress dowager's pet. How do you think we should handle this?!" Prince Xiao was still calm. "It's just a cat. Just bury it if it dies." For the last time, a maid from his house rushed into his study: "My lord, this time something big has happened! The White Wolf it... He walks in the garden... "He suddenly became a human!" This time, King Xiao could no longer remain calm. His eyes lit up as he stood up from his chair and ran towards the garden!

Many Japanese once revered the wolf as Oguchi no Magami, or Large-Mouthed Pure God, but as Japan began its modern transformation wolves lost their otherworldly status and became noxious animals that needed to be killed. By 1905 they had disappeared from the country. In this spirited and absorbing narrative, Brett Walker takes a deep look at the scientific, cultural, and environmental dimensions of wolf extinction in Japan and tracks changing attitudes toward nature through Japan's long history. Grain farmers once worshiped wolves at shrines and left food offerings near their dens, beseeching the elusive canine to protect their crops from the sharp hooves and voracious appetites of wild boars and deer. Talismans and charms adorned with images of wolves protected against fire, disease, and other calamities and brought fertility to agrarian communities and to couples hoping to have children. The Ainu people believed that they were born from the union of a wolflike creature and a goddess. In the eighteenth century, wolves were seen as rabid man-killers in many parts of Japan. Highly ritualized wolf hunts were instigated to cleanse the landscape of what many considered as demons. By the nineteenth century, however, the destruction of wolves had become decidedly unceremonious, as seen on the island of Hokkaido. Through poisoning, hired hunters, and a bounty system, one of the archipelago's largest carnivores was systematically erased. The story of wolf extinction exposes the underside of Japan's modernization. Certain wolf scientists still camp out in Japan to listen for any trace of the elusive canines. The quiet they experience reminds us of the profound silence that awaits all humanity when, as the Japanese priest Kenko taught almost seven centuries ago, we "look on fellow sentient creatures without feeling compassion."

Vols. - include the Shorthorn Society's Grading register for beef Shorthorn cattle; v. - include the society's Herd book of poll shorthorns.

She, a nameless reporter from the 21st century, had somehow turned into a wolf! She felt that in this world, there was no one who had a more ridiculous experience than her! He, the Regent of the Heavenly Enlightenment, had power and influence. On his way back to the city, he accidentally saved 'it' from the tiger's mouth. However, he did not know that 'it' was actually a person. One afternoon, a servant girl ran over anxiously to report, "Prince, it's bad. The white wolf bit Miss Zhang!" The maidservant hurriedly came to report, but when Xiao Wang heard this, his eyebrows shot up, "I already disliked that woman a long time ago. The wolf did quite well. I'll give it a chicken leg at noon." Servant girl: "..." When the empress dowager was invited to the palace for dinner, her father-in-law came up to her with an ugly expression and said, "Prince, your beloved wolf killed off the empress dowager's pet. How do you think we should handle this?!" Prince Xiao was still calm. "It's just a cat. Just bury it if it dies." For the last time, a maid from his house rushed into his study: "My lord, this time something big has happened! The White Wolf it... He walks in the garden... "He suddenly became a human!" This time, King Xiao could no longer remain calm. His eyes lit up as he stood up from his chair and ran towards the garden!