Colorado Wolves Again…

Here's a news story that was recent and I referred to.


Also after watching this I looked this up because I didn't know it existed until mentioned in the news story

WeiserBucks said:

I'm no scientist but I live and hunt in wolf country. I'm well aware of what they're capable of, what they do and what they don't do. Wolf attacks on humans are incredibly rare to the point of near nonexistent.

Grizz, lions and coyotes chew on people pretty regularly. I don't know or care what middle eastern wolves do.

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And the NA attacks that are listed ? https://www.timberwolfinformation.org/wolf-attacks-on-humans-in-north-america/

M1A1ABRAMS said:

And the NA attacks that are listed ? https://www.timberwolfinformation.org/wolf-attacks-on-humans-in-north-america/

Wolf Attacks Teen In Minnesota: How Rare Are Wolf Attacks On Humans? | Timber Wolf Information Network

www.timberwolfinformation.org

Gray wolf attacks keep north Colorado town on edge: “We’re their grocery store.”

The people of Walden say they feel helpless as the wolves endanger their livelihoods, tourists and their outdoor lifestyle but they also feel ignored by state officials charged with managing the ap…

www.denverpost.com

https://www.sacbee.com/news/nation-world/national/article291251225.html

https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/14/us/wolf-attack-canada-trnd/index.html

Meet the World's Deadliest Wolf to Ever Live (Killed 11 Children)

Discover the world's deadliest wolf and how it caused three months of havoc in Sweden during the 1820s! Meet the Wolf of Gysinge!

a-z-animals.com

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Out of all that, how many people were actually attacked? 5 or 6? I'm not saying it didn't happen but the numbers are so small as to be almost irrelevant statistically.

People are afraid of wolves, always have been. Why do you think people are subconsciously afraid of the dark? It's in human DNA from millenia ago when predation was common and those predators were nocturnal.

I'll bet you a paycheck that more people will be killed in car crashes this week than have been attacked by a wolf since European settlers arrived in North.

WeiserBucks said:

Out of all that, how many people were actually attacked? 5 or 6? I'm not saying it didn't happen but the numbers are so small as to be almost irrelevant statistically.

People are afraid of wolves, always have been. Why do you think people are subconsciously afraid of the dark? It's in human DNA from millenia ago when predation was common and those predators were nocturnal.

I'll bet you a paycheck that more people will be killed in car crashes this week than have been attacked by a wolf since European settlers arrived in North.

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Well I would hope so. Cars outnumber wolf encounters by how many ? I think the wolf is a beautiful animal. And has its place in the ecosystem. Just not around people & livestock. You seem to glance over the damage they cause to livestock. And as the first article posted said "I begin with Alaska Department of Fish & Game Technical Bulletin 13 (2002) entitled "A Case History of Wolf-Human Encounters in Alaska and Canada." That study was precipitated by a wolf attack on a 6-year-old boy near Icy Bay, Alaska, in April, 2000. The study documents 80 wolf-human "encounters." "Thirty-nine cases contain elements of aggression among healthy wolves, 12 cases involve known or suspected rabid wolves, and 29 cases document fearless behavior among non-aggressive wolves. In 6 cases in which healthy wolves acted aggressively, the people were accompanied by dogs. Aggressive, non rabid wolves bit people in 16 cases; none of those bites was life-threatening, but in 6 cases the bites were severe."

M1A1ABRAMS said:

You seem to glance over the damage they cause to livestock.

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Huge swing and a miss. I'm close with several ranchers that have serious predation issues that are 100% caused by wolves. One sheep rancher in particular loses over a hundred a year.

I don't mean this in a condescending manner, but it seems like like you're experiencing wolves and their issues on via the news and I'm experiencing them as a part of my life. They're a menace, they're incredibly difficult to manage and it's going to continue to be an issue. But the reality is that they're an issue for wild game populations and livestock, they're not even close to a statistical issue for human attacks.

Here's the next chapter in the Colorado wolf saga….

So CDC is preventing importation of domestic puppies due to "fear" of disease. So why aren't they all over importation of wolves? I am sure politics are not involved at all.

WeiserBucks said:

That's what everyone says, can you point out the most recent time a wolf attacked someone in North America?

I'm certainly for shooting them all in the face, but wolf attacks on humans are a non-existant issue.

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3 different events just in my own province of Saskatchewan in a 12 year window if ya like….


To be fair, these all happened in the real north of the province, where there actually aren't a lot of people at all and are a lot of wolves. Very remote. And at least one of the incidents had something to do with improperly dealt with garbage and food scraps by a mining camp drawing in wildlife in general.

But the idea that no wolf attacks have happened on this continent in recent memory is very easy to tear down with a simple google search.

WeiserBucks said:

Out of all that, how many people were actually attacked? 5 or 6? I'm not saying it didn't happen but the numbers are so small as to be almost irrelevant statistically.

People are afraid of wolves, always have been. Why do you think people are subconsciously afraid of the dark? It's in human DNA from millenia ago when predation was common and those predators were nocturnal.

I'll bet you a paycheck that more people will be killed in car crashes this week than have been attacked by a wolf since European settlers arrived in North.

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Well I can't argue that…if disease or some age related illness doesn't get you I think a car crash is about the most likely culprit.