[yooper]

Its only a matter of time before all of the Dachshunds are gone and a toddler is snatched.

[La Enchiladita]

DNR spokeswoman Ann Wilson said this time of year is when younger wolves are dispersed into areas away from packs, forced out by alpha males or females.

It's a rite of passage, dictated by nature. Just keep your dachsunds and toddlers out of the way.

[calex59]

Wolves will scavenge unrecovered deer from hunting season, as well as road-killed deer and other animals.

This makes it sound as if the wolves don't kill deer, they just "scavage" them! What BS. They are increasing faster than the idiots that re-introduced them figured, so the spin is building up and the BS about how harmless wolves are to humans is going to go into high gear.

[lepton]

Its only a matter of time before all of the Dachshunds are gone and a toddler is snatched.

Perhaps. On the other hand, toddlers don't look like sausages and shout "food", "food" like wiener dogs do.

[GladesGuru]

"My guess is it's an isolated incident and that wolf won't be heard from again," Roell said. "But there are no guarantees."

RIGHT! And that bureaucratic bachelor's child will be the first to repeat the crocodile tears line "It's too bad nature can be so harsh" said in Colorado by another 'crat.

That was said immediately after a puma killed and ate a student near his own high school.

Isn't it interesting how callous a 'crat with a lifetime government job can be about another citizen's life . Worst of all, these career 'crats are paid to inflict predators on citizens. And they do it with our tax money, to add insult to injury (or death).

And because their pampered predator is allegedly "endangered" the citizen can't shoot the beast, regardless of how beastly it behaves.

[SIDENET]

The Dolaskies were also offered a firecracker device that works to scare off wolves.

Gee, thanks.

[Pharmboy]

He looks sweet, but watch out...

[Captiva]

The dog, a 6-year-old, 23-pound dachshund

That is one FAT dachshund. Way too tempting for a predator. Wolves are predators with no natural enemies (besides gunpowder & lead).

[marktwain]

Hmmm. Looks as though wolves are making a comeback in the north woods. Another good reason to always be armed when I am back there.

[Ursus arctos horribilis]

SSS remedy is in order.

[WorkingClassFilth]

"The wolf appeared fearless, stared and didn't drop the dog when Ann yelled at it."

I'll bet Ann has a shotgun beside the door from now on.

[RightInEastLansing]

I think we're gonna need a bigger dog!

[JSteff]

So what is the story here?

"The dog, a 6-year-old, 23-pound dachshund owned by Tom and Ann Dolaskie of Miller Road, was snatched and wholly devoured by a wolf when the dog was let outside the family home, shortly after midnight."

Then: "Wednesday morning, the Dolaskies searched portions of their 12-acre property but couldn't find any trace of their dog."

So what was it? Did the dog get "eaten wholly or didn't it? Where the husband and wife just hoping to find the collar in some wolf poop?

[JSteff]

"Its only a matter of time before all of the Dachshunds are gone and a toddler is snatched."

Oh what wonderfully incisive logic.

[kstewskis]

Poor little guy!

[BluH2o]

Its only a matter of time before all of the Dachshunds are gone and a toddler is snatched.

Yeah ... let your toddler out in the back yard after midnight and zaa-zoom they're gone ... while an evil wolf with a glint in his/her eye smacks their lips in the wood line nearby. What we have here is the next episode of 'JAWS' ...

[Vinnie]

Its only a matter of time before all of the Dachshunds are gone and a toddler is snatched.

You haven't read the book on wolves.

According to authorities there has never been a documented case of a wolf attacking a human in the US.

/sarc