'Like ... a horror movie': Camper saves family of 4 from savage wolf attack

sfgate.com ^ | August 14, 2019 | Allyson Chiu, The Washington Post

[ransomnote]

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[Caipirabob]

I never understood the abysmal idiots who wanted to repopulate these monsters in areas that humans frequented. Always shook my head at their stupidity. This is on them.

[skyman]

Wow, I hate to think what would have happened if the guy hadn’t help.

[rktman]

Good thing he had a firear-————— Oh.

[Popman]

Maybe I am naive, but who goes camping in the wilderness without a weapon.?

[FLT-bird]

Whenever I go hiking, my black lab and my Ruger Redhawk .44 magnum go with me.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

“’The Lakes in Alberta and BC are amazing, the mountains are dynamic, the wild life is (well you know),’ he wrote. ‘I’m sure I’ll be back some day but maybe in a camper van instead.’”

OMG! How can he still have a sense of humor after THAT ? But thank goodness he does, LOL!

How admirable of the parents protecting their young kids that way, too! “Take me! Spare my babies!”

How horrifying for that family. How many could even imagine that? Yikes!

SJackson - Outdoor/Wildlife PING to the EXTREME!

[Equine1952]

The lab is called baiting. The 44 is nice icing.

[EEGator]

It’s illegal.

Second link:
https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS853US853&ei=SrlUXYbbMIna5gKu9KagAQ&q=Canada%27s+Banff+National+Park+guns&oq=Canada%27s+Banff+National+Park+guns&gs_l=psy-ab.3..33i22i29i30.3379.5146..5694...0.0..0.121.512.3j2......0....1..gws-wiz.......0i71j0i22i30.c9vyWz6Qe6g&ved=0ahUKEwiGqNbC4IPkAhUJrVkKHS66CRQQ4dUDCAo&uact=5

[Amberdawn]

And yet most animal activists will claim that wolves don’t attack people.

[Billthedrill]

And yet most animal activists will claim that wolves don’t attack people.

Oh yeah, heard it all. "There are no documented cases of wolf attacks in North America." The problem with this is that wolves can't write.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

I remember when wolves were the “IN” creature back in the 1970s. They could do no wrong!

[PGR88]

Honey, let’s go to Banff, I feel like being close to nature....

[AndyJackson]

following your link leads to this quote of the day:

"You will not need a gun, geting one into Canada is a lot of work. Everytime I cross by car, as soon as I say I am from Texas, I get are you carrying a handgun."

But liberals want to bait them [Texans, I mean]

[EEGator]

I would take that question as a source of pride.
Liberals can pound sand.

[from occupied ga]

Whenever I go hiking, my black lab and my Ruger Redhawk .44 magnum go with me.

Then you would not be hiking in Canada. They don't allow visitors from the USA to bring handguns into their anti-gun paradise. (except for those driving to Alaska and they put some sort of seals on them or something like that - my information may be long out of date on this)

[ConservativeMind]

Canada is home to 60,000 wolves, the second-largest wolf population in the world after Russia, according to the International Wolf Center. But wolf-human encounters, especially those that result in injury or death, are infrequent, according to a 2002 report that examined 80 cases in Alaska and Canada over a roughly 60-year period. The case history found 41 incidents of people coming into contact with wolves in Canada. Of those, only four involved the animals attacking and seriously injuring people.

We have many fold the likelihood of being killed by illegals than wolves.

[43north]

I don’t think that is correct. In 2002 I moved my family from Alaska to Idaho. It was not possible to bring a handgun into the paradise of no-handguns Canada at that time. I did bring a lever-action .45/70 which was fine at that time as long as I declared it at both borders. Not even sure if that would work now.

[BradyLS]

Bet they were eating something meaty and delicious-smelling and the wolf wanted some of it.

[fso301]

Anyone who has watched animal shows on TV for years have heard the environmentalists repeatedly say wolves have never attacked humans. /s