On the news this morning -women walking their dogs in Alaska were attacked by three wolves . The wolves "had no hesitation attacking them " Armed only with pepper spray they finally chased off the wolves .One dog required surgery ......I thought wolves were sweet and gentile ???

Some of our wolves have developed a taste for pets lately, and they aren't shy about helping themselves.....

Cheers,

Dan

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Originally posted by mete:
On the news this morning -women walking their dogs in Alaska were attacked by three wolves . The wolves "had no hesitation attacking them " Armed only with pepper spray they finally chased off the wolves .One dog required surgery ......I thought wolves were sweet and gentile ???

.....That got pretty bad in Ketchikan ,. and they started snaring them ....The state should put a 500 $ bounty on them and no limits .....Plus for every innocent dog that gets snared a feral dog will and that helps things also .....

I've never had a problem with a wolf....

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There was an attack up in Northern B.C. also the fellas got the 2 wolfs that tried. Heres a link and some cool pix.

http://www.huntingbc.ca/forum/showthread.php?t=17807

That news story reminded me of a postcard showing a woman walking a toy poodle and the caption on the card was "Trolling for Lions"

Sometimes while trolling, you catch the wrong fish Or in this case, wolves instead of lions.

Saw that video again and watched it carefully. The woman , describing an arc with her hand said she "rainbowed" her pepper spray .That's a new term for me !! Another 'pray and spray' shooting technique !

i can remember a few moons ago up by st. michaels when the wolf packs would send in a bitch in heat and the dogs would follow her out where the pack would kill and eat them

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Originally posted by butchloc:
i can remember a few moons ago up by st. michaels when the wolf packs would send in a bitch in heat and the dogs would follow her out where the pack would kill and eat them

We have coyotes who've learned that trick...

I DO NOT EXERCISE OR TRAIN MY VERY EXPENSIVE AND DEARLY LOVED BIRD DOG OUTSIDE OF MY FENCED YARD WITHOUT MY LOADED .45 AUTO ON MY PERSON.

Please forgive my all caps post, but I am and will remain amazed at the folks that cruise around willy nilly in the outdoors without adequate defensive tools.

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Originally posted by Scott King:
Please forgive my all caps post, but I am and will remain amazed at the folks that cruise around willy nilly in the outdoors without adequate defensive tools.

We are getting more & more of them down here all the time Joggers being paced by the Brownie Hooligan

tsturm, can you expand a little? I'm not familiar with what your talking about.

Scott - I will venture a guess that he was referring to the two legged predators - this would apply to anchorage as well is my guess is correct.

I am not trying to stir any, just trying to address your inquiry.

KMule

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Originally posted by mete:
On the news this morning -women walking their dogs in Alaska were attacked by three wolves . The wolves "had no hesitation attacking them " Armed only with pepper spray they finally chased off the wolves .One dog required surgery ......I thought wolves were sweet and gentile ???

Canis lupus have been reported in SE Oregon not that far from the Calif border I wonder what will happen if and when they arrive here knowing how the san francisco folks got the "endangered" mtn lion totally protected.A friend was at the Oak Valley Golf Course Driving Range in Cherry Valley,CA 2 weeks ago hitting some balls when a mtn lion strolled out on the driving range eyeing him about a 100 yards away it eventually headed out on the golf course.

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Originally posted by Scott King:
tsturm, can you expand a little? I'm not familiar with what your talking about.

"but I am and will remain amazed at the folks that cruise around willy nilly in the outdoors without adequate defensive tools."

We are getting more of them (willy nilly crybaby what are thoes Bears/Wolves doing on the jogging trails) here also. Every spring for the last 6-8 yrs some one jogging gets followed by a 2yr old (Hooligan in Clarks Pt.) Brown Bear Have a good one!!

Got it.

Seems like it'd be a little scary looking over your shoulder at the brown bear following you.

,, We get alot of them here believe it or not ...there were only 4 or 5 bear shot in town this year here ......26" skulled brown bears .... when a big bear decides to be a problem , its a real problem .......They got Boewolfed ....People still go jogging unarmed ....when they get chewed ,,oh well .....Most people are so afraid of what someone else may think that they would rather be eaten by a bear than ridiculed , erroneosly by someone ,., .............

I hope that more wolves eat more animal right Dinsey fruitlopps.They deserve to see the real wolf in the woods.I dont go around Alaska offroad without a gun.Wolves love to eat dogs and if Alaska kills off all the moose they are going to eat alot more pets.Pepper spray is a good way to flavor yourself for the bears.They will actually roll in the stuff if you spray it on the ground.They just dont like it in their eyes and nose.You can always tell the difference between Black Bear and Grizzly poop in Alaska.Black Bear poop is full of berries and Grizzleys poop has pepper spray ,bear bells to keep away the bears in it.You cant fly with it in bush planes anyway.
Wolves usually run and usually bears do too 95% of the time but its that 5% that gets you when your least expecting it.The only good wolfe is the one you make your ruff to you coat for.

"The only good wolfe is the one you make your ruff to you coat for."


They make good wall hangings or to throw over the back of the couch also

Maybe some fraid-e-cats should visit NYC where it's really dangerous so you can be desensitized for your poodle walk back in Wolf/Lion country!!!


A bus stop in LA is more dangerous than a couple of wolf packs!!!!

Even the SF Zoo trumps the Tundra beasties!!

They have had coyotes in NYC recently - they've been greeted with hysteria !!

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Originally posted by mete:
They have had coyotes in NYC recently - they've been greeted with hysteria !!

Hysteria cause they'll be on a menu sooner than later.