[drtom]

Never owned: you are correct. Never lived around one: I have. Good friend of mine in Ft. Fitzgerald nursed an injured bitch back to health and then decided to keep her because her foot didn't heal. Saw her almost every day.

See my post to Tom Hawks: there is a difference between killing to teach, train, etc. and "killing everything in its path".

Re boredom: sorry, but I have observed packs that spend an entire day grooming, socializing, playing, rearing, cleaning the area, you name it. If you adopted a wolf and expected her to be sitting nicely in the yard, without a pack, without a purpose and without constant interaction, then it is no wonder that she started to entertain herself. A wolf is not a domestic dog and a master/owner (no matter how benevolent) does not replace the social interaction and hierarchy of a pack. Lone wolves, even in the wild, are strange. So are lone lions, hyenas or elephants. Animals that are instinctively drawn to form social groups turn erratic if this environment is withheld.

And they do retain their predatory instincts. You need to be aware of this and compensate for it. A very difficult thing to do, which is why it is not recommended to have wild animals as pets.

Although it honors you that you tried to save one from starving.

[txhurl]

You’re not listening. My wolf on her own volition was a joyful killing machine, without pack backup. With a wolf posse, God knows what she’d have done.

Your argument is great in say, Fairbanks, but not in Oregon.

Just go get one and see. They kill for the fun and training of it. It’s not bad, or wrong... if they’re not hunting livestock or pets.

Then it’s wrong. Well, here. A lone coyote attacked our gov’s dog while on a run last June.

Pack animals do go rogue outside the pack sometimes.