Wolves attack joggers' dogs on Fort Rich

The Anchorage Daily News ^ | December 22nd, 2007 | JAMES HALPIN

[george76]

Anchorage saw its seventh wolf attack in the past month...

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[Levante]

Time to start whacking wolves.

[Larry Lucido]

Wolves attack chained-up dogs fairly regularly in Alaska...

Hmm, sounds like chaining up a dog in Alaska is a death sentence. Seems if you're not gonna keep him in a shelter, at least you'd give him a fighting chance if you kept him loose.

[TheThinker]

Time to start carrying a handgun on the daily jog. Hmm, I wonder what firearm is the most effective against wolves?

[Emmett McCarthy]

This is Alaska where there are no restrictions imposed on citizens regarding being armed. There should be at least a couple of dead wolves laying on the ground. That might tend to make them “people-shy”.

[razorback-bert]

Has someone told Steve Kroschel down at Haines about these wolf attacks, he still claims they have never attacked humans.

[conservativeharleyguy]

"'They were not afraid of us,' woman says. Neither the three women nor their dogs heard the pack of wolves creeping up behind them as they jogged on Artillery Road in the frigid morning air".

Of course they weren't afraid of them. Nether would 8 feral dogs be afraid of them in that situation. If they and their dogs are so unaware that they didn't detect 8 wolves (the dogs, really), which aren't really known as particularly stealthy hunters, maybe they shouldn't go jogging in the early morning in wolf country.

Maybe it's really just time for stupid people to stop taking competitive/prey species into wolf habitat, and then acting surprised when wolves attack their fluffy(in comparison) pets.

[george76]

A kayaker’s life-and-death struggle with a hungry wolf on B.C.’s remote north coast... has prompted a conservation officer to warn against taking wolf encounters too lightly.

“This was a predatory wolf attack,” conservation officer James Zucchelli confirmed in an interview from his Bella Coola Valley office.

“That fellow was perceived as a prey source. He was attacked with intent to eat. The wolf saw him and took off running at him.”

the attack reinforces the fact that wolves are predators and capable of attacking humans ...

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[org.whodat]

firearm is the most effective against wolves?

There nothing but a childish response to a childish statement. The answer is one that shoots real bullets!

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Hmm, I wonder what firearm is the most effective against wolves?

For a joger? A shotgun pistol, of course.

[Rudder]

After spending time in my early career working with wolves, I have mixed feelings about this problem. Carrying your weapon and using it when threatened by wolves, and not feeding wolves, sounds entirely appropriate. Hunting wolves in the wilderness from helicopters or otherwise trying to eliminate their population is arrogant for someone who would chose to live in Alaska.

[george76]

Many native villages have a hard time feeding their families the traditional way by hunting moose...because the many wolf packs.

[43north]

I’ve never fired a .410 from a handgun before. I’d suspect that .410 buckshot would be the only effective round against a wolf (and there aren’t many pellets in a .410 buckshot load). Birdhot would wound and perhaps pi$$ them off. And I wonder if that long cylinder has any effect on the accuracy of the .45LC round?

If I was out with my dog and I knew there was a likelihood of encountering a wolf pack I’d contend with the hassle of carrying a 12 bore loaded with heavy bird shot or light buckshot (like #4) with a short barrel and a lonnnggg magazine.

I’ve got a Remington 870 set up like that with a Sure-fire light at the front of the fore-grip. Nothing I have ever hit with that gun has survived.

[AlaskaErik]

Time to start carrying a handgun on the daily jog. Hmm, I wonder what firearm is the most effective against wolves?

My Glock 23 with Hydra Shok ammo should be able to handle any wolf that comes along.

[george76]

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Father of wolf victim relieved to have answers

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[Stonewall Jackson]

We have the same problem here in Kentucky with coyotes. My neighbor has a little yippy dog that they keep on a chain just a few yards from the woods where we have seen numerous coyotes. Surprisingly, they have not snatched up this dog, but have made snacks out of other pets in the neighborhood.

[AlaskaErik]

Hunting wolves in the wilderness from helicopters or otherwise trying to eliminate their population is arrogant for someone who would chose to live in Alaska.

Ariel wolf hunting is used as a wildlife management tool. What I resent are ecofascists who arrogantly condemn this process that has been prescribed by our wildlife management experts and is public policy.

[george76]

.Wolves Suspected in Death of 22-year-old Ontario Man

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