Don't care for Haber's "science", but can't gloat over this.
His science was sound. His opinion/slant was a bit goofy, IMO. In fact, I have a sneaking admiration for the guy. His hard science was sound, although I didn't care for his spin or interpretations thereof much. And he was honest and true to his beliefs. He lived them, and died with them. He chose an uphill battle and hung with it all the way. I'd say if he could have chosen the way out, he went the way he'd have chosen - looking at/for the wolves he loved.
Some might think he "sold out" to Friends of Animals, but that isn't true - he merely found a kindred spirit sponsor for his research, but he was pretty careful to keep a barrier between the hard science and his advocacy. When I was at UAF just a few years after he graduated, he was already being laughed at for his advocacy- but his research has been referenced many times since by "traditional' scientist/researchers/game managers.
40 years of doing what one loves best, and dying at it- that ain't a bad epitaph.
