by Nick Jans
identity mixup, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
injuries of, [>], [>], [>]
Jans’s protection of, [>], [>], [>]–[>]
Jans’s relationship with, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
Jessie and, [>], [>], [>]
Juneau’s acceptance of, [>]–[>]
Juneau’s negative reactions to, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
Junior mistaken for, [>]–[>]
killers’ trial, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
mating drive of, [>]–[>]
media on, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
memorials and namesakes of, [>], [>], [>]
missing, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
mourning of, [>]–[>]
naming, [>], [>], [>]
origin theories on, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
personality of, [>], [>], [>]–[>]
playfulness of, [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
Pomeranian incident, [>]–[>]
pug incident, [>]–[>]
relocation of, [>]–[>]
Robinson’s interactions with, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]
Robinson’s protection of, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
routine of, [>], [>]
safety of, [>]
street smarts of, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
Sugar and, [>]–[>]
Tank incident, [>]–[>], [>]
taxidermy of, [>]
territory, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
tracks, [>], [>]–[>], [>]
on West Glacier Trail, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]
wolf interaction with, [>]–[>]
R.R. Donnelley & Sons, [>], [>]
rubber bullets, [>]
safety
disease and, [>], [>], [>]
of Romeo, [>]
Saskatchewan, [>]–[>]
satellite tracking, [>], [>], [>], [>]
scat, [>], [>]
scavenging, [>]–[>], [>]
Schooler, Lynn, [>], [>]
Scott, Ryan
on Bobber and Korc incident, [>]
on hazing, [>]
Robinson’s intervention, thanks of, [>]
on Romeo’s relocation, [>]–[>]
seals (tags), [>], [>]
Shedden, Chito, [>]
Skater’s Cabin, [>], [>], [>]
sled dogs, [>], [>]
Smith, Tom, [>]
social behavior
breakaway, [>]–[>]
emotional capacity and, [>], [>], [>]
eye gaze, [>], [>]
food conditioning and, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
friendships, interspecies, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
growling, [>]–[>]
howling, [>], [>], [>], [>]
human conditioning, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
mating bonds and, [>]–[>], [>]
mourning, [>], [>]
naming wild animals and, [>]–[>]
in pack, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Romeo’s dog friendships and, [>]–[>]
Romeo’s human friendships and, [>]–[>]
Romeo’s playfulness and, [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
Spaulding Meadows, [>]–[>], [>]
“spirit bear,” [>], [>]
State of Alaska [>]. Park Myers III
aftermath, [>]–[>], [>]
alibi for, [>]
arrests before, [>]–[>]
cover-up, [>]
delay of, [>]
evidence, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
investigation for, [>]–[>], [>]
legal constraints of, [>]–[>]
records, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
Romeo’s death and, [>]–[>]
sentence for, [>]–[>]
trial, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
Sterling, Libby, [>]
Stetson, Jon, [>]
Sugar (dog), [>], [>]–[>], [>]
survival. See also death
intelligence and, [>]–[>]
in pack, [>], [>], [>]–[>]
after poisoning, [>]
after relocation, [>]–[>], [>]
trails and, [>]–[>]
Tank (dog), [>]–[>], [>]
taxidermy, [>], [>]
teeth, wolf, [>]
Tern Island, [>]
Terrell, Paul, [>]
territory
choosing, [>]
of dispersing wolves, [>]–[>], [>]
map, [>]
predictability in, [>]–[>]
Romeo’s, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
Thane Road, wolf kill on, [>]
Tongass National Forest, [>]. See also Mendenhall
toy-oriented play, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
tracking
predictability in, [>]–[>]
relocated wolves, [>]–[>]
satellite, [>], [>], [>], [>]
wolf diet, [>], [>], [>]
wolf kill, [>]
trails, survival and, [>]
tranquilizer darting, [>]
trapping
incidents, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Romeo’s relocation by, [>]–[>]
Treadwell, Timothy, [>]–[>]
trial, of Romeo’s killers, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
Turley, Barbara, [>], [>]
Turley, Kim, [>], [>], [>], [>]
United States service departments. See Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S.; Forest Service, U.S.
Unlikely Friendships: 47 Remarkable Stories from the Animal Kingdom (Holland), [>], [>]–[>]
Van Ballenberghe, Vic, [>]
Van Dort, Jan, [>], [>]
Vandergraw, Charlie, [>]–[>]
visitor center, [>]–[>]
Walker, Vic, [>], [>], [>]
Wallen, Skip, [>]
water
supply, [>]–[>]
traversing, [>]
werewolves, [>]
West Glacier Trail
Romeo killed on, [>]
Romeo on, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]
wolf trapping on, [>]–[>]
white wolves, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
Wildlife Troopers, Alaska State, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]
Williams, Mary, [>]
Wolfe, Nene, [>], [>]–[>]
Wolf Whisperer. See Robinson, Harry
wolf-dog hybrids, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]
wolves
adverse operant conditioning of, [>]–[>], [>]
age and life span of, [>]–[>], [>]
aggression of, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Alaska’s politics on, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]
Alexander Archipelago, [>], [>]–[>], [>]
Amalga, [>]–[>], [>]
bears versus, [>]
books and literature on, [>]–[>]
captive, [>], [>], [>]
coastal, [>]–[>], [>]
coloration, [>]–[>], [>]
culling, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
death by attack of, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
death causes for, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]
death mourning by, [>], [>]
diet of, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
dispersing, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
dog anatomy versus, [>], [>]
dog genetics versus, [>]–[>], [>]
dog interbreeding with, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]
ecosystem health and, [>], [>], [>]
fear reflex of, [>]–[>], [>]
fear reflex toward, [>], [>], [>]
food conditioning for, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
gray, [>], [>]–[>]
historical record of, [>]–[>]
hunting by, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
hunting of, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]
intelligence of, [>]–[>]
Juneau’s his
tory of, [>]–[>]
life span, [>]–[>], [>]
mating bonds of, [>]–[>], [>]
media portrayal of, [>]–[>]
Mendenhall passing of, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
mythology of, [>], [>]–[>], [>]
personality variation in, [>]–[>]
playful behavior of, [>]–[>]
population, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
predatory behavior of, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
pup, [>]
rabid, [>]
relocation of, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
research methods, [>]
Romeo’s interaction with other, [>]–[>]
satellite tracking, [>], [>], [>], [>]
scat, [>]
as scavengers, [>], [>]
sled dog shadowing by, [>]
survival skills, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
teeth of, [>]
trapping, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]
water and, [>]–[>], [>]
white, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
Wood, Clarence, [>], [>]–[>]
Worf (dog), [>]
Yellowstone National Park, [>]
Young, Stanley P., [>]
Zuniga, Dave, [>]
About the Author
NICK JANS is an award-winning writer, photographer, and author of numerous books, including The Grizzly Maze: Timothy Treadwell’s Fatal Obsession with Alaskan Bears. A longtime resident of Alaska, Jans has studied and photographed wolves for more than thirty years. He is a contributing editor to Alaska magazine and has written for a variety of publications, including Backpacker and the Christian Science Monitor. He is also a member of USA Today’s board of editorial contributors. He lives in Juneau.
