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[herfrds]

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Who are you kidding?
Wolves DO NOT have a healthy fear of humans when they are following a person on a 4-wheeler.
Maybe talk to Scott Richards of Idaho who lost his bear hounds to a pack of wolves. The wolves killed the hounds in front of him and ate them later.


As long as I hear coyotes I know they are not around right now. We have a pack that goes through every 2-3 weeks.
Lost a calf to them this spring.


ETA go watch www.cryingwolfthemovie.com worth hour.

 

[chickened]

Autopsy: Animal fatally mauled teacher in Alaska
By DAN JOLING, Associated Press Writer Dan Joling, Associated Press Writer Fri Mar 12, 4:22 am ET
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A teacher jogging along a rural Alaskan road was killed in an animal attack and authorities say wolves are the chief suspects.

The body of Candice Berner, 32, was found Monday off the road a mile outside the village of Chignik Bay on the Alaska Peninsula, which is about 474 miles southwest of Anchorage.

Authorities said the body had been dragged off the road to the village's lagoon and was surrounded by wolf tracks.

In an autopsy report Thursday, the Alaska State Medical Examiner listed "multiple injuries due to animal mauling" as the cause of death for Berner, a special education teacher originally from Slippery Rock, Pa., who began working in Alaska in August.

The autopsy could not say which animals, said Col. Audie Holloway, head of the Alaska State Troopers, but wolves are the chief suspect.

"There's no other carnivores in that area that are out and active," he said.

Wolves, bears, foxes and other wildlife have disturbed bodies in the Alaska wilderness, but Holloway said the autopsy ruled out other causes that may have killed Berner. Additional tests could tie the death to wolves, Holloway said.

"If we're able to actually prove which animal, it will be through some kind of DNA analysis or through some expert that can maybe testify or explain how they know that it's a wolf," he said.

Troopers have plenty of circumstantial evidence leading them to point the finger at wolves.

"There were wolf tracks all around the body, and drag marks associated with those wolf tracks," Holloway said.

Tracks indicated more than one wolf was involved.

"From the number of prints at the scene, we're thinking there probably were, possibly, two, three, maybe four," Holloway said.

Wolf attacks on humans are rare and there has not been a documented case of a wolf killing a human in Alaska. But concerns over the large predators persist.

In 2007, villagers in the western Eskimo village of Marshall posted sentries at night on the town periphery to keep wolves out after a pack of wolves attacked and killed six sled dogs. A wolf killed by villagers turned out to be rabid.

In Chignik Bay, a community of 105 residents, villagers were already were on alert because of wolves running boldly nearby, said Johnny Lind, president of the village council.

In comments Thursday before the autopsy results were announced, Lind said wolf involvement was apparent.

"It's obvious. Goodness. It's obvious," he said.

Since Tuesday, people were not traveling alone, school children were accompanied to school and armed patrols on snowmobiles were looking for wolves, he said.

"Everybody's kind of staying close to the village," he said.

Multiple calls left for the spokeswoman of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Jennifer Yuhas, were not returned Thursday.

Most adult male wolves in Alaska weigh 85 to 115 pounds but they occasionally reach 145 pounds, according to the Department of Fish and Game. Females average 5 to 10 pounds lighter than males and rarely weigh more than 110 pounds. Wolves reach adult size by about 1 year of age, and the largest wolves occur where prey is abundant year round.

Rick Luthi, the Lake and Peninsula School District's chief operating officer, said Berner during her short time in Alaska tried to take in as many experiences as she could. The district distributed a photo of her on a district outing catching crab.

"She wasn't going to miss anything about living in that area," he said.

Under 5 feet tall, Berner had boxed and lately had been training for long-distance running.

"She was a gymnast by early training and was in very good physical condition," Luthi said.

 

[deerman]

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Just more fear of the big bad wolf

 

[harveyhorses]

O.k. those pictures just scared the rational right out of me. Can you arm your chickens???
Those puppys would not respond to a 'shoo get out of here.'
Wow, just wow. Really sturdy fence. Like the one in Jurasic Park ind of sturdy.
Off to have nightmares now. (they are beautiful though, in a deadly kind of way)

 

[Kevin565]

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Just more fear of the big bad wolf

X2

 

[deerman]

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trick with the pic , that pic with the woman.....look at her hand........lot bigger than her head........just away to make the wolf look larger.


Also look at the pics....i'm sure if those wolves were kill there........you would see a sign of blood in that pure white snow....

 

[harveyhorses]

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trick with the pic , that pic with the woman.....look at her hand........lot bigger than her head........just away to make the wolf look larger

Really? She is wearing gloves, say she is 5 ft tall, that is still one big 'fluffy' wolf.
My hands look bigger when I wear gloves and I also have a pin head.

 

[chickened]

The story with the photos; When you look at this big feller you can see why the elk herd is dwindling. Now, it seems that many of them
are losing their fear of people and are starting to harrass campers. When the first hunter, camper, or child is
killed and eaten, all hell will break loose and maybe there will be something serious done to kill them off.
That's why they were done away with in the first place. This one weighed 127 lbs. but there was one killed
earlier this year that tipped the scales at 180. That's a whole lot of wolf - you wouldn't stand a chance against it.




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Another wolf bagged in Salmon.

Heidi Leavitt shot this wolf just outside their home down river at Spring Creek. Heidi was
in the store and said that they have had a pack running around their place and decided
when they heard them coming their way again, they would try and shoot one (she did have
a tag). So next time came quickly and while waiting for the pack to get closer, they looked
in the woods below them and there was this wolf. He weighted 127 lbs. He was a collared
wolf and by the time they got it to Fish & Game (which is probably an 1.5 hr drive, Fish &
Game already knew about the wolf and said they had been looking for him. He is now
skinned and hanging at their place. The wolf pack had been terrorizing campers lately.

Had a couple of guys treed in the cab of their pickup all night at Colson Creek campground.
Not afraid of human campsites at all.

 

[chickened]

Wolves killing stock is only a fraction of the problems with them, the stress on the animals they harass causes losses also.

People do not "fear" wolves and that is an insult to their intelligence they simply do not want to live with them in some cases and others want to be able to protect their property without "fear" of jail time.

I spend quite a bit of time in wilderness areas and I can tell you there are very few wolves in those areas they are in the areas where the wildlife is which out here is farmers fields in winter, or as it is called "winter range".

 

[Roosterfry]

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Lol Love it! We in Mississippi would just shoot, leave it, and tell everyone about it.