In other words, this is the first time Alaskan authorities and PETA types are compelled to admit that wolves attack and kill people
Biologists ruled out reasons for the attack other than aggression. Investigators found no evidence that the wolves had acted defensively or that Berner was carrying food. They found no kill site that wolves may have been defending, no indication that the wolves had become habituated to people and no evidence of rabies.
“This appears to have been an aggressive, predatory attack that was relatively short in duration,” the report concluded.
wow...
Terrible story. The lesson here is that no one should ever go alone out in woodland environments without being properly armed, especially in Alaska and the Northwest, where people are not at the top of the food chain.
If you want to jog like you're jogging in the lower 48, fine, but if something happens don't scream that we need to make Alaska like the lower 48.
Much greater detail can be found at:
Findings Related to the March 2010 Fatal Wolf Attack near Chignik Lake, Alaska
http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/static/home/news/pdfs/wolfattackfatality.pdf
Wildlife Special Publication, ADF&G/DWC/WSP-2011-2
Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Division of Wildlife Conservation
The DHSS State Medical Examiner asserted that Ms. Berner died from “multiple injuries due to animal mauling.” The Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) and the DPS Alaska State Troopers (AST) then evaluated both the physical evidence and the eyewitness testimony of Chignik Lake residents. The investigators concluded that Ms. Berner was attacked and killed by wolves.
Government is happy it worked out this way.
If people defend themselves and kill the wolves, the government then has to crush them down and destroy their lives for shooting wolves. They don’t care if they’re going to kill you.
That which is necessary, is legal. That is the basis for self-defense for thousands of years.
bump for later
A frriend of mine who lives in the Northern California mountains told me that the envuironmentalists have released a number of breeding couples of Canadian wolves in her area recently.
The larger Canadian wolves difer from our Timber wolves by over 100 pounds, stand on all fours at the waist of a six foot man!
Many pets, deer and other animals have gone missing since the release.
Apparaently this is being done in many various locations.
Answers my only question.
That she was running, just as prey would, likely didn’t help.
Yes, she should have been armed, but there’s no guarantee she’d have been able to draw & get off a shot.
Better to have the opportunity!
Did they pick the wolves out of a police lineup?
Must be illegal immigrant wolves...doing the job that American wolves won't do.
In this modern age of useful idiot liberal fantasies, many people just forget that there are still things in the wilderness that will kill and eat you. If you’re incapable of dealing with potentially dangerous wild animals, you should recognize it, and move to some nice safe burbia.
Biologists ruled out reasons for the attack other than aggression. Investigators found no evidence that the wolves had acted defensively or that Berner was carrying food. They found no kill site that wolves may have been defending, no indication that the wolves had become habituated to people and no evidence of rabies.
“This appears to have been an aggressive, predatory attack that was relatively short in duration,” the report concluded.
I want to hear Tom Brokaw report on this story. For one thing, the article doesn’t indicate whether or not she was delicious, as former President Gerald Ford surely would have been.
She was only 4’10”, and unarmed.
Don't understand "unable." Is it illegal? Don't the neighbors have guns? What's up with this?
Could have easily been a Griz, Brown or even a Black Bear..
No excuse for not being armed in Alaska.. especially in Alaska..
No permit is needed for having a pistol in Alaska..
Having a 22. cal pistol is simply just not enough..
Course filling out the paper-work after killing one of the beasts could bore you to death..
And who was that here who alleged that wolves had NEVER killed anyone in N America, eh?
JC