Posted on 01/28/2015 4:46:12 AM PST by SJackson
Wildlife experts say the number of dogs attacked by wolves is up
TOWN OF BREED, Wis. -
Wildlife experts say wolves have killed or seriously injured six dogs in Wisconsin this month.
That's double the highest number for January in recent years. Two dogs have been killed in Oconto County.
Department of Natural Resources wildlife supervisor Jeff Pritzl says the spike in incidents doesn't necessarily reflect any changes wolf population or behavior. Pritzl told WLUK-TV that more people are out hunting coyotes, bobcats, and rabbits with their dogs because of the milder winter.
Pritzl said the peak time for wolf-related incidents is late summer and early fall. He said most of the activity is usually in the northwest part of the state.
There's been a wolf hunt in the past three years, however the wolf has now been relisted as an endangered species.
See #20
Affirmative action doesn't work in nature either.
Coyotes are bad enough.
Not at all surprised. At some point, and the deer aren’t stupid, they’ll all move to metro areas. The wolves aren’t stupid either....they’ll follow. Then things will get interesting as many dogs will die...and we certainly can’t have little Fluffy being eaten by a big old mean and nasty wolf.
The introduction of the Gray Wolf to Yellowstone Park in 1997 started a trend in the west that has brought the wolf back as one of the most hated predators. A population of 66 wolves into Yellowstone and 35 into the Salmon River Wilderness in Southern Idaho have mushroomed into an uncontrolled population. These wolves were not the native subspecies that existed prior to the introduction. Their primary recovery goal was to have 10 breeding pairs for three consecutive years distributed among the Northern Rocky Mountain Recovery Zone and remove the wolf from the endangered species list.
As of 2013, there are 1,691 Wolves made up of 320 packs and 78 breeding pairs spread throughout Montana, Wyoming, Idaho and Washington. The territory of these packs directly overlaps on areas that do not have contiguous habitat, but rather are places where people, cities and towns exist. By failing to keep the population under control, we force situations where wolves attack people, livestock and pets as they roam unhindered.
friend had a dog looking like that but it was much much bigger. Staf terrier or something, I can’t remember except it looking mean
I never heard of Florence County but, no, it wouldn’t surprise me that timber wolves were there now.
Coyotes are nothing compared to a pack of timber wolves.
Forget that dog ... Timber wolves don't fight alone.
Irish Wolfhounds and Borzoi.
They have an inborn prejudice and are horribly “efficient”.
Search YouTube.
Not for the faint of heart.
You must have a breed with a serious pack mentality for wolves.
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