Re: the sad truth - "WOLF!"

Mark Crispin (mrc@Panda.COM)
Sat, 25 Oct 1997 02:13:57 -0700

On Thu, 23 Oct 1997, Karin Zirk wrote:
> At the wolf center in Ely, Minnesota (the premier wolf research center in
> USA) they state that no "WILD PUREBRED WOLF" has ever killed a human being in
> the United States.

If their figures start in the late 19th century or early 20th century,
that's probably correct. The last killing of a human by a wolf (as
opposed to a wolf/dog hybrid) in the US was well over a century ago.

Wild wolves kill humans elsewhere in the world, mostly children in
impoverished Third World areas.

It is also quite correct that wolf/dog hybrids are much more dangerous
than pure wolves, mostly because of their unpredictability and lack of
fear of humans.

Which begs the question: what will prevent wolves that introduced into the
Olympic Peninsula from breeding with local feral dogs?

-- Mark --

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