For example, no wolf has attacked a human in Yellowstone National Park since wolves returned in Overall, wolves represent little threat to humans, unless people habituate them by providing them with food. Wolves may kill pets if they encounter them, as can other large carnivores such as mountain lions and coyotes. The most common conflicts between wolves and pets involve domestic dogs. Unleashed dogs that roam into wolf territories might be considered as intruders or competitors.
Wolves killing dogs, however, is infrequent. Wolves typically avoid residential areas and are thus less of a threat to dogs there. There are ways to reduce the chance of conflict between wolves and dogs. Hunting with dogs is inherently risky in wolf country.
Avoidance of wolves is the best way to minimize conflict. If you hunt with dogs in wolf country, learn to recognize wolf sign such as scat, tracks, and howls. Bells or beepers on dogs might also help protect dogs. Mech said Berner's relatively slight build and the fact that she was running may also have made her a target of prey. Things that are running, they have tendency to want to chase them," he said. Mech's advice: Never feed wolves and don't let them become habituated to humans.
If confronted by a wolf, don't run. Rather, face the animal, make yourself appear as large as possible, yell, wave your arms, throws stones or other objects and resist any attack. Sense of uneasiness In Chignik Lake, those who grew up in the village remember legends warning children to never look in the eye of a wolf and never speak of the "evil" that possessed them. They're very intelligent, and they will work at getting their food," said Orville Lind with the U.
Fish and Wildlife Service, who grew up in Chignik Lake. Since the killing, village life has changed. Residents are afraid to walk alone, and rifles now ride shotgun in vehicles. Chignik Lake's school mascot is the wolf, and Aleck is spearheading a campaign to change it. I can't go on cheering for something who did this to another human," she said in a telephone interview. Common sense suggests that if you see a bear, a mountain lion, or a wolf pack — you do your best to avoid them.
Fortunately, human attacks by wolves are extremely rare. How rare? A reasonable source for information is the world-wide study of wolf attacks on humans done by the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research NINA in The finding of the report was that during the years of the 20th century there were between twenty and thirty attacks in North America including Alaska and Canada, which have relatively high populations of wolves. Of these, three were fatal, all because of rabies. No attacks have been recorded in Yellowstone since the reintroduction of wolves more than a decade ago.
For comparison, during the 20th century there have been 71 fatal grizzly brown bear attacks in North America.
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