There hasn't been a case of a wolf killing a person in 150 years. However, wolves who are fed by humans, and allowed to become accustomed to humans can bite humans on rare occasion. One such occasion was a couple of years ago here in alaska. A wolf was being fed by miners in a mining town became too bold and ended up biting a kid (I think the kid had food and the wolf wanted it). However, it was HUGE news up here. That shows how rare wolves biting humans is.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Randolph" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 12:36 PM Subject: Wolves are civilized, Grizzlies are not. > Hello Larry, > > Reminds me of the Shark attack stores in Australia, they only had two or > three. But what they don't mention is when they don't find the body it > becomes a 'water disappearance' instead of a shark attack and there were > over 500 'water disappearance' the year I'd read that report. I've seen > the bite on two peoples leg/hand and the bites on the end of a wooden butt > of a gun that Ole our neighbor managed to get between him and the wolf when > he was being attacked. He was just getting out of his piper cub, wasn't > even hunting when he was attacked. So even lone (hungry?) wolf can be an > issue if your in the right place at the wrong time . > > Cheers, > Mike > > > At 04:18 PM 6/5/2003 -0400, you wrote: > >I've got within 15 feet of a pack of wolves on several occasions and > >haven' t been attacked. Moreover there has not been a recorded case of a > >non-rabid wolf attacking people in the last 150 years, according to the > >Stats Canada. > > > >Wolves are civilized, Grizzlies are not. > > > >larry > > > >At 11:38 AM 6/5/2003 -0800, Mike Randolph wrote: > > >Hello Larry, > > > > > >A lone wolf won't attack, but as a pack they do for sure.. I've seen the > > >teeth marks on my neighbors.. A pack of wolves has no natural enemies and > > >they are very bold as a pack. But all of the wolves I've seen act as > > >you've suggest and turn and run. Unlike the Grizzlies we have to chase off > > >with gun fire when fishing. But weve had the most close calls with Momma > > >Mooses they are bad news if you get between them and the babies and our > > >front yard is a moose path, also we've seen large herds of up to 100 > > >caribou it is amazing to see. > > > > > >I love it here. > > > > > >Cheers, > > >Mike Randolph > > > > > >.At 03:23 PM 6/5/2003 -0400, you wrote: > > > >At 10:31 AM 6/5/2003 -0800, Mike Randolph wrote: > > > > >Hello Michael > > > > > > > > > >I'm not sure its left slant, just watching out for federal regulations. > > > > > > > > > >Na, after eBay stopped allow it...http://www.gunbroker.com/ became > > the gun > > > > >auction site. eBay won't allow my neighbor to post Wolf pelts on > > the site > > > > >any longer, yet Yahoo.com will. Before anyone from PETA goes off on > > me, I > > > > >live in an extremely remote area in AK and if we didn't keep the wolf > > > > >population in check they'd keep the people population in check. > > > > > > > >Doubtful, my experience with wolves in the Arctic has been that they've > > > >been more afraid of people than otherwise. Funny thing is that I've been > > > >listening to several different AK residents give a similar spiel. After > > > >spending several years in the Yukon and NWT in Canada, I generally have > > > >found the opposite. > > > > > > > > > > > > >I > > > > >personally don't hunt or trap, and I guess I'm really against > > > trapping..but > > > > >fish are fair game... Copper river reds! > > > > > > > >Arctic Char is much better. > > > > > > > >larry > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
