Wolves maul a woman to death at a zoo in Sweden

The Sun ^ | 6/17/12 | CHRIS POLLARD

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A WOMAN zookeeper was mauled to death by a pack of wolves as she fed them in their enclosure.

Eight of the wolves are thought to have surrounded and attacked the woman, who was in her 30s.

Her body was found by a colleague — but the snarling pack would not let anyone near her. Eventually brave zoo workers formed a human chain and rushed the wolves, forcing them back.

Jan Tengeborg, who organised the attempt to recover the body, said: “We couldn’t get into the enclosure because the wolves clearly did not want us in there. You can’t just walk right into a wolf pack.”

No one witnessed the attack so it is not yet clear exactly what triggered it. The dead woman has not been named.

The same pack attacked TV naturalist Arne Weise when Kolmarden Wildlife Park opened in Braviken Bay, Sweden, in 2007.

He said yesterday: “We have to stop interacting so closely with wolves. It is wrong, the risk is too great. We must recognise they are dangerous animals.”

Armed police were called to the zoo but did not open fire. Mats Höggren, director at Kolmarden — where earlier this year a girl of 15 was bitten on the leg by a wolf — said: “This is is terrible.

“She was alone in the wolves’ yard but had contact with a colleague via two-way radio.

“The colleague thought she had been gone longer than usual, so investigated and found her body.” He said the animals would not be put down.

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That’s why they’re called wild animals.

That part I understand.

The part I don't understand is why the other mammals involved in this incident gave themselves the species name of "sapiens" (meaning "wise").

And how they managed to do this with a straight face!

[onevoter]

Meanwhile, the Department of Natural Resources keeps transplanting wolves back into states where they had been wiped out, all the while assuring us that they aren’t dangerous to humans. Oh yeah, don’t shoot wolves because you will receive a penalty that dwarfs penalties given to those who actually shoot other people . . . One more example of the Federal Government knowing more than voters about what is right for them.

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See the post above yours...

[Talisker]

Good grief. And these are the heirs of the Vikings?

No, they're not.

[Krankor]

And later that night, I tip them.

And so do I.
Psst. It's Lucky Lady to win in the 8th at Aqueduct

[trisham]

You're not so far away from us. I am not aware that we have mountain lions here, and I hope that's evidence that there aren't any. Even in our front yard, I am alert, but it's completely surrounded by woods and underbrush, so I can't even see the street at this time of year, nor can I see our neighbors. Every year the woods surrounding us becomes more dense. We have fishercats, various types of hawks, and pileated woodpeckers.

Bears scare me, as do coywolves. Still, I feel safe here.

[trisham]

Liberals live in dreamland.

[goat granny]

Or as my daddy use to say, *one wolf will not kill you but a pack will everytime they can***

[depenzz]

I was glad to see you hunted the Gila Wilderness. I bow hunted there several years. I shot a nice 6x7 bull the last year I hunted there. That would have been in the mid 80s. I hunted out of Silver City, NM

[Eagles6]

“Best to have dogs and guns. Pants help.”

Words to live by.

And one of my favorites “Life is tough, it’s harder if you’re stupid.”

[Grammy]

Actually, the most beautiful fur coat I have ever seen was coyote. The owner had shot the coyotes himself in Alaska.

I have a standing offer on my property for deer hunters..... Bring me a coyote pelt, you can have a deer.

[gettinolder]

"Watch me. You might want ear plugs or muffs. God gave me an opposable thumb for a reason"

One of the most excellent replies I have ever seen on FR.

[Tax-chick]

They’re probably living on garbage, rats, and catz.

[JRandomFreeper]

I was just stepping out for a minute. I didn't expect an interview.

/johnny

[Eagles6]

The Strategy of the 3 s’s
Shoot
Shovel
Shut Up

[calex59]

I live in Massachusetts, I have seen a coyote in broad daylight in my daughters neighborhood which is surrounded by woods. I have also seen a coyote on a farm not farm from my street. My daughter said that one night she heard coyotes killing a deer—they could hear the death cries of the deer. Could this have been a coyote/wolf mix since a poster says that pure coyotes cannot take down a deer?

Actually pure coyotes, regardless of what some FReepers think, do hunt in packs of two to four animals. I have seen them here in Northern CA. When you call in coyotes with a predator call they usually come in pairs and sometimes up to 4 or more. They are quite capable of killing a deer. The western coyote is smaller than its hybrid eastern cousins but still deadly. The distress call of a deer, which is seldom heard, sounds similar to a goat or sheep.

[onevoter]

GOOD PLAN!

[Eagles6]

Shhh! Don’t shout, it’s a SECRET plan.

[JRandomFreeper]

And a bugling elk sounds like a chupacabra.

Once again, at 7000 ft, cutting firewood, we all stopped the chain saws for provacative maintenance, and we heard... that sound.

I heard a horny elk. I nodded my head, said 'chupacabra' and started the chain saw.

We were supposed to be finished by 1400. We finished at 1100.

/johnny

[JRandomFreeper]

Pants however are NOT required. Ask any of the neighbors. ;)

/johnny