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Gysinge, Gästrikland, Sweden: In a series of attacks, a single wolf was believed responsible for 12 deaths and 15 injuries. It was thought that the wolf had escaped from captivity and had lost its fear of humans. [583] 1820 50 people: Estonia [further explanation needed] [587] July 11, 1819 Child†, 4: Predatory: La Ferté, Jura, France
A wolf bounty was introduced in Sweden in 1647, after the extermination of moose and reindeer forced wolves to feed on livestock. The Sami extirpated wolves in northern Sweden in organized drives. By 1960, few wolves remained in Sweden, due to the use of snowmobiles in hunting them, with the last specimen being killed in 1966.
1923, March. Pack of wolves. Île-à-la-Crosse, Saskatchewan. "March 16, 1923 Karl Lynn world war veteran and one of the best known trappers and mushers in the north country is believed to have lost his life in a fight with a pack of timber wolves, two hunters reported here today.
In the Lower 48 only one non-fatal wolf attack took place from 2002-20. In that case a wolf bit the head of a teenager sleeping on the ground at a campsite near Lake Winnibigoshish, Minnesota.
Wolf attack. Wolf attacks are injuries to humans or their property by gray wolves. Their frequency varies with geographical location and historical period, but overall wolf attacks are rare. Wolves today tend to live mostly far from people or have developed the tendency and ability to avoid them.
In 1974 when the gray wolf was officially listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act, there were only about 750 wolves in the Great Lakes region.Today, it is estimated that there are ...
A woman staying at a French safari zoo was attacked by several wolves on Sunday after she entered the reserved part ... The attack took place at about 9.30 a.m. at the Thoiry zoological park in ...
Between 2009–2010, Peter Mangs targeted people in Malmö, Sweden who had dark skin, and who he deemed to be "non-Swedish". Altogether, the attacks killed 2 people and injured 13 others. On 22 July 2011, [19] in Norway, Norwegian Anders Behring Breivik killed 77 people in two consecutive attacks.