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Tourists climb fence to flee N. Idaho wolf enclosure
(AP) -- ^
| July 30, 2007
Posted on 07/31/2007 8:18:29 AM PDT by george76
Tourists scrambled over a fence to escape a wolf enclosure in northern Idaho after two wolves they had come to see with no barriers separating them chased down and killed a deer that had wandered in through an open gate.
The four visitors from Charlotte, N.C., were in the 5-acre "picture pen" at Wolf People along with a 5-year-old female wolf, a 1-year-old male wolf, and two 12-week-old pups.
Visitors pay to enter the enclosure with a wolf handler so they can have unobstructed views of the wolves and take photos at close range.
But a deer ran by the group on Wednesday and the two older wolves, Mimi and Mohawk, chased it and brought it down, said Nancy Taylor, owner and founder of Wolf People. She said the wolves did not kill it immediately because they didn't know how.
"These wolves are so domesticated, to the point that they get an opportunity to do what a wild wolf does and they didn't know how to do it,"
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TOPICS: Conspiracy; Humor; Outdoors; Pets/Animals; Society; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: animalrights; ar; cocolalla; environment; humor; idaho; sss; wolf; wolfpeople; wolves
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"tastes like chicken" ?
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posted on
07/31/2007 8:18:32 AM PDT
by
george76
To: george76
Sounds like those tourists could have had a great picture sequence of the take down if they hadn’t been scrambling for the fences. (Heh, heh)
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posted on
07/31/2007 8:22:53 AM PDT
by
Roccus
(Fighting politicians IS the war on terror!)
To: Roccus
Look for lawsuits filed by these “nature tourists” who were traumatized by seeing nature “au natural”.
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posted on
07/31/2007 8:26:09 AM PDT
by
caseinpoint
(Don't get thickly involved in thin things.)
To: george76
So let me get this straight: They watch wolves instinctively bring down a running deer, so they react to that by...running?
Honorary Darwin awards.
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posted on
07/31/2007 8:26:40 AM PDT
by
denydenydeny
(Expel the priest and you don't inaugurate the age of reason, you get the witch doctor--Paul Johnson)
To: denydenydeny
I read this article the other day and am still chuckling about it.
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posted on
07/31/2007 8:32:18 AM PDT
by
Shyla
To: Myrddin; jazusamo; garyhope; martin_fierro; Tijeras_Slim
Tourists scrambled over a fence to escape ...hehehe
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posted on
07/31/2007 8:44:02 AM PDT
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: denydenydeny; Slings and Arrows; SunkenCiv
Yes :
Honorary Darwin awards.
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posted on
07/31/2007 8:46:54 AM PDT
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: george76; Myrddin; jazusamo; garyhope; Tijeras_Slim; Xenalyte
For some reason I'm compelled to don a really tacky t-shirt.
To: martin_fierro; potlatch; Diana in Wisconsin; CedarDave
It is a beautiful...
really tacky t-shirt..
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posted on
07/31/2007 8:52:14 AM PDT
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: george76
LOL! Thanks for the ping.
The tourists immediately returned to their motels to freshen up and change.
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posted on
07/31/2007 9:19:09 AM PDT
by
jazusamo
(DefendOurMarines.com)
To: george76
It's pretty hard to deny that wolves are taking down "big" game in Idaho when it happens at spitting distance. The 30-06 is sighted-in. Still no wolf tags.
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posted on
07/31/2007 9:21:51 AM PDT
by
Myrddin
To: martin_fierro
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posted on
07/31/2007 9:22:36 AM PDT
by
jazusamo
(DefendOurMarines.com)
To: martin_fierro
I like the shirt. My wife is 1/4 Cherokee and a licensed master falconer. She prefers Clydesdales. That would change the picture a little :-)
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posted on
07/31/2007 9:25:07 AM PDT
by
Myrddin
To: george76
Oddly enough, one of the tourists was Exene Cervenka.
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posted on
07/31/2007 9:25:47 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Profile updated Monday, July 30, 2007. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
To: jazusamo
The tourists had to change their clothes...
8-)
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posted on
07/31/2007 9:37:16 AM PDT
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: george76
ROTFLMAO!
I can just see it now...”AIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!! RUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!
Kind of reminds me of that Outpost.com commericial where they let a pack of wolves into a stadium where a marching band is practicing...it is hilarious!
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posted on
07/31/2007 9:48:25 AM PDT
by
rlmorel
(Liberals: If the Truth would help them, they would use it.)
To: Myrddin
I imagine that many of these tourist were shocked to see wolves killing another animal.
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posted on
07/31/2007 9:48:30 AM PDT
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: rlmorel; BIGLOOK; Grampa Dave
The visual of these tourists scrambling over a fence to escape is still funny.
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posted on
07/31/2007 9:55:45 AM PDT
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: george76
I imagine that many of these tourist were shocked to see wolves killing another animal.Many of these people think of wolves like domestic dogs. They don't have any clue how wolves feed in the natural world.
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posted on
07/31/2007 10:46:13 AM PDT
by
Myrddin
To: george76; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Darksheare; OSHA; martin_fierro; ...
Dateline NBC re-enactment:
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posted on
07/31/2007 11:28:13 AM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
("Saudi Arabia is the grown-up version of an imaginary friend." --Dennis Miller)
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