Dramatis personae / David W. Macdonald and Claudio Sillero-Zubiri -- Ancestry / Xiaoming Wang ... [et al.] -- Population genetics / Robert K. Wayne, Eli Geffen and Carles Vilà -- Society / David W. Macdonald, Scott Creel and Michael G.L. Mills -- Management / Claudio Sillero-Zubiri, Jonathan Reynolds and Andrés J. Novaro -- Infectious disease / Rosie Woodroffe ... [et al.] -- Tools / Luigi Boitani, Cheryl S. Asa and Axel Moehrenschlager -- Arctic foxes / Anders Angerbjörn, Pall Hersteinsson and Magnus Tannerfeldt -- Island foxes / Gary W. Roemer -- Swift and kit foxes / Axel Moehrenschlager ... [et al.] -- Blanford's foxes / Eli Geffen -- Red foxes / Philip J. Baker and Stephen Harris -- Raccoon dogs / Kaarina Kauhala and Midori Saeki -- Bat-eared foxes / Barbara Maas and David W. Macdonald -- Patagonian foxes / Andrés J. Novaro, Martín C. Funes and Jaime E. Jiménez -- Jackals / David W. Macdonald, Andrew J. Loveridge and Robert P.D. Atkinson -- Coyotes / Eric M. Gese -- Grey wolves - Isle Royale / John A. Vucetich and Rolf O. Peterson -- Grey wolves - Yellowstone / Michael K. Phillips ... [et al.] -- Ethiopian wolves / Claudio Sillero-Zubiri ... [et al.] -- Dholes / Arun B. Venkataraman and A.J.T. Johnsingh -- African wild dogs / Scott Creel, Michael G.L. Mills and J. Weldon McNutt -- Conservation / David W. Macdonald and Claudio Sillero-Zubiri