Posted on 01/01/2008 9:43:04 PM PST by george76
Day of tobogganing almost ends in tragedy as wolves stalk children.
In the dusky northern light three days before Christmas, two Fort Nelson families came dangerously close to two hungry wolves, until the family dog, Shadow, narrowly averted disaster.
The wolves appeared quietly at about 3:30 p.m. on Dec. 22, as darkness was creeping in on the winter wonderland 100 kilometres east of Fort Nelson, where the families were tobogganing.
About 30 metres away, a sleighful of three children -- one aged four and the others aged three -- were being happily towed along the base of a hill by an all-terrain vehicle.
Father Kyle Keays was oblivious to the danger until he suddenly heard his wife's shriek from the top of the hill.
Shadow, their Rottweiler-cross, had broken from the grasp of Keays' wife and was bounding down the hill toward the wolves, who were moving in toward the children.
"I looked back and saw my dog intercept the lead wolf -- there were two of them. They were heading towards the kids and the dog came in," ...
Being too far from the children, Keays headed to his nearby work camp to grab a rifle.
"The wolves were definitely not afraid,"
There have only been a few documented cases of fatal wolf attacks in North America.
Earlier this month, wolves attacked dogs in three separate incidents in Prince Rupert, resulting in the death of a young maltese...
And a pack of wolves were also reported to have attacked three women and their dogs in Alaska last week, where wolf attacks have been increasing in frequency.
(Excerpt) Read more at canada.com ...
Yes hybrids will run in packs. I have even run up on packs of wild dogs in the woods before so if wolves and dogs will run in packs then it is natural that a hybrid would do the same.
There have been so many fairly tales about wolves things can get overblown. I don’t think I have ever heard of a wild wolf killing a human in the United States but I think a captive killed a lady in Canada. So no deaths by wolves in the wild in NA as far as I know, but they are wild animals and just because they haven’t doesn’t mean they can’t or won’t. They will and do kill livestock and that is what gets them into trouble, when they start messing with a mans livelihood. Good dogs can counter a lot of that as well as people not feeding them which I can never understand. The ignorance of some people, where wild animals are concerned, defies description. I have seen people do things with wild bears that you would not believe. It is almost as if they have this deep, innate desire to have their head go sailing and end up 30 feet from their body. :)
We’ve had several cases of dogs mixed packs attacking children and other animals in recent years here in Texasalong, with many Coyote attacks. My best friend’s Mom was killed by a pack of neighbor’s supposedly *peaceful* Rot/Pit mixes. They tore her to shreds in her own front yard.
Singling out certain breeds will not cure any problems. Most of the problems stem from owner negligence/ignorance.
Socialist infiltration into even Fairbanks. They tout natural selection over creationism, but refuse to let it work both ways.
Ain’t civilization grand. We have worked several millennium to get to the top of the food chain and now the socialists are trying to turn us into prey so they can have meaning.
Moral of the story:
Never take a Maltese to a wolf fight!
Ping
Wolves attacked and killed a man out in the bush in northern Canada about two years ago.
My magnificent Ursa defended our house against a black bear when she was a mere pup. Apparently, her bark was big enough to send that thing scampering for the woods.
If you had kangals http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kangal_Dog, anatolians http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatolian_Shepherd_Dog, or Ovcharkas http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ovcharka the wolves would probably keep their distance. The Ovcharka does especially well in very cold climates.
There are some other breeders that would kill wolves, but they aren’t suited to a hard winter climate.
The father of an Ontario man killed in a wolf attack in northern Saskatchewan says it’s a relief to finally have the truth come out.
# 14 above
Sad :
Socialist infiltration into even Fairbanks...
I have read there are no known attacks on humans by wolves. Notice they talk about people with dogs being stalked. Deer kill about 100 people a year, wolves none.
I agree. My neighbor had a wolf hybrid that used to greet me by putting both paws on my shoulders and licking my neck, but he was definately not a Dog!
The father of an Ontario man killed in a wolf attack in northern Saskatchewan says it’s a relief to finally have the truth come out.
# 14 above
Yup, that wolf hybrid was sizing you up for dinner.
Totally agree.
Wolf attacks on humans in North America are rare but apparently do occur. Attacks are much more common in Europe.
I think that a hungry predator, given the choice between starvation and trying to make a meal of anything else, will opt for the latter. I certainly would.
Unfortunate event all around but good thing they had a big dog on their side or things would have turned out a lot worse for those kids.
It’s funny that wolves were pretty unsuccessful in the lower 48 but coyotes (which they have recently said are simply a species of wolf) have been extremely successful. We used to sometimes see a coyote right in downtown early in the morning in the small E. TX town where we lived. And of course we heard them all the time.
susie
My 40 pound terrier defends our property against a black bear nightly.
Hard headed, brave and as smart as anything.
Thanks for the ping. Upon clicking the link to the story, you can see realistic people hand moonbats their backsides. So many people buy into the fallacy that wolves have never killed a human being.
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