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To be an environmentalist early in the twenty-first century is always to be defending, arguing, acknowledging the hurdles we face in our efforts to protect wild places and fight climate change. But let's be honest: hedging has never inspired anyone.

So what if we stopped hedging? What if we grounded our efforts to solve environmental problems in hope instead, and let nature make our case for us? That's what George Monbiot does in Feral , a lyrical, unabashedly romantic vision of how, by inviting nature back into our lives, we can simultaneously cure our "ecological boredom" and begin repairing centuries of environmental damage. Monbiot takes readers on an enchanting journey around the world to explore ecosystems that have been "rewilded": freed from human intervention and allowed--in some cases for the first time in millennia--to resume their natural ecological processes. We share his awe, and wonder, as he kayaks among dolphins and seabirds off the coast of Wales and wanders the forests of Eastern Europe, where lynx and wolf packs are reclaiming their ancient hunting grounds. Through his eyes, we see environmental success--and begin to envision a future world where humans and nature are no longer separate and antagonistic, but are together part of a single, healing world.

Monbiot's commitment is fierce, his passion infectious, his writing compelling. Readers willing to leave the confines of civilization and join him on his bewitching journey will emerge changed--and ready to change our world for the better.

• Prefacep. xi
• Acknowledgementsp. xv
• Introductionp. xvii
• Raucous Summerp. 1
• The Wild Huntp. 14
• Foreshadowingsp. 23
• Elopementp. 40
• The Never-spotted Leopardp. 49
• Greening the Desertp. 62
• Bring Back the Wolfp. 90
• A Work of Hopep. 121
• Sheepwreckedp. 153
• The Hushingsp. 167
• The Beast Within (Or How Not to Rewild)p. 186
• The Conservation Prisonp. 209
• Rewilding the Seap. 228
• The Gifts of the Seap. 258
• Last Lightp. 267
• Notesp. 269
• Indexp. 303