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To: Delphinium
Wolves are pack animals and are highly intelligent. The pack "learns" and is collectively smarter than any individual wolf. There are typically several generations of wolves in a pack, and packs will interact with each other.

When they are not afraid of man they will treat people as prey. The old russian stories of siberian wolf packs chasing sleighs is no joke. They did.

On the other hand they learn fast. Shoot a few wolves and the packs learn to avoid man. The the older wolves teach the younger wolves. But they are smart - they avoid people with guns, not necessarily people without guns. They have very, very good noses - they can smell the gun oil and even the metal.

As long as we have people shooting wolves occasionally they will remain cautious and the number of wolf attacks on people will be low. But if we act like we are in a Bambi movie, eventually we will have pack attacks on hikers or campers.

20 posted on 11/03/2002 9:37:17 PM PST by dark_lord
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To: dark_lord
We have a bunch of wolf-worshipers here in Washington state. They have "howl-ins" whereby they go out into the wilderness and howl, hoping to get a response from a wild wolf.
21 posted on 11/03/2002 10:09:20 PM PST by holyscroller
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