The Challenges and Barriers to Rewilding

As illuminated by Charlotte McConaghy’s Once There Were Wolves

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Set in Scotland, McConaghy’s fictional novel Once There Were Wolves depicts two problems plaguing today’s society. Violence and environmental degradation. The story is dark, shocking, and gritty, and what should be an uplifting event is flipped upside down and made deeply depressing.