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for four years but did not complete his degree. He found academia stifling, bothered by a pedagogy that ignored the first-hand experience of nature. Following
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colony for six months. Lawrence was extremely dedicated to wildlife observation, and believed that his close but unobtrusive study provided new insight into animal behavior. He said, for example, that he witnessed starving rabbits commit suicide by running their heads into trees, and saw
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like beavers consume flesh. During this period he met Joan (d. 1969), his second wife, in
Winnipeg, with whom he raised orphaned animals. By this time Lawrence had rescued moose calves, bear cubs, and wolves. His decades of wilderness adventure and study were the material of his
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and selling it to mills. He and his wife had a second child, but his wife found their
Canadian lifestyle lacking, so she took the children to England and filed for divorce. Lawrence was left in the company of his four dogs, one part wolf, which he developed into a
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and wolves that were organized to control deer populations. He loved wolves and considered them the "ultimate stabilizers" in their ecosystems. In his memoir (
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and fled to France. He soon traveled to
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are recounted in his 1994 autobiography, which he wrote reluctantly but at the encouragement of his publisher.
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Karges, J. (1975). "Wildlife in North America/Wildlife in North America (Book Review)."
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Malnor, Carol; Hovemann, Anisa Claire; Malnor, Bruce (2010). "Ronald 'RD' Lawrence".
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1980 – Best non-fiction paperback, Canadian Paperback Publishers Association, for
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Butala, Sharon (July 23, 1994). "Great naturalist emerges from obscurity".
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Perkins, Martha (January 10, 2004). "Wolf man was leader of the pack".
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Cook, R. (1989). "The Natural History of Canada (Book Review)."
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naturalist and wildlife author. He was an expert on the
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Tynan L. (1980). "Secret Go the Wolves (Book Review)."
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Jenish, D. (August 19, 1996). "The call of the wild".
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as a great influence in his life: "At fourteen I read
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Volkman, N. J. (1986). "In Praise of Wolves (Book)."
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