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Wolf attacks dog north of Anchorage RelatedA wolf attack has Eagle River residents on heightened alert this weekend. Anchorage police report that a dog was attacked by a wolf early Sunday morning, according to KTUU-Channel 2. Police dispatch received a call about 4 a.m. from a person seeking permission to shoot the wolf, which had attacked a dog before dragging it away. The dog was found, later, but according to the story, the wolf had not yet been located. It wasn’t the first recent wolf attack. Eagle River residents told KTUU that other dogs had been attacked by wolves as well, although police had not confirmed those claims. Earlier this year, state wildlife biologists ended up getting involved with hunting down a pack of wolves in northwest Anchorage that had been terrorizing animals and leaving their human owners rather anxious. There were believed to be four to six wolves in the pack. The wolves were concentrated in the Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson area, not far from Eagle River. While there exists a healthy moose population for wolves to kill in the area, that pack had developed a taste for dogs, according to interviews last February with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. Unless the dogs that were attacked were on a leash at the time or inside a properly fenced yard, their owners should not be whining. You want to fix this whole wolf debacle fine the moron always sticking up for wolves $10,000.00 for gross stupidity. Shoot the wolves and stop allowing a tiny fringe cult that worship wolves tell other people how to live their life's. Was back in the South Fork Eagle River area just after the first snowfall a month or so ago and am quite sure my two dogs and I stumbled right into a wolf pack. It was a very blustery day with the wind blowing at us the entire way in so that may be the reason we could have gotten so close in broad daylight. There were at least six in the pack and so big that I had to guess they were probably a wolf family rather than coyotes so rarely seen traveling in packs. Very frightening to have no weapon as they tried to lure my dogs out into the alders with yipping and howling. Am not a runner but sure did run that day back down the hill and out of the valley. Make sure you are armed especially with wolves around. Don't want to end up like that School teacher ripped to shreds from 4 wolves. This is a poor piece of reporting. If you follow the link above at "according to the story", you will see that the Dispatch seems to have included a patently untrue statement in their report. According to the linked source the injured dog ran back in the house when the owner opened the door. This does not equal "found,later," in any way. Come on guys... this sort of thing might be "Good Stuff" for Enquirer or the Star but it is well beneath what we expect from the Dispatch. |
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