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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.
The dire wolf (Aenocyon dirus [10] / iː ˈ n ɒ s aɪ. ɒ n ˈ d aɪ r ə s /) is an extinct canine. The dire wolf lived in the Americas (with a possible single record also known from East Asia) during the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene epochs (125,000–9,500 years ago). The species was named in 1858, four years after the first specimen ...
A wolf severely injured a girl near a woodland, attacking for half an hour before she was rescued. [590] August 17, 1810 Judith Geraets†, 3, female: Predatory: Beringen, Helden, The Netherlands: A wolf killed a girl who was collecting cattle feed in the field with her ten-year-old sister at 8:00 pm.
The gray wolf is the largest wild member of the canid family, with males averaging 43–45 kg (95–99 lb), and females 36–38.5 kg (79–85 lb). [6] It is the most specialized member of its genus in the direction of carnivory and hunting large game.
The northwestern wolf (Canis lupus occidentalis), also known as the Mackenzie Valley wolf, [ 5 ]Alaskan timber wolf, [ 6 ] or Canadian timber wolf, [ 7 ] is a subspecies of gray wolf in western North America. Arguably the largest gray wolf subspecies in the world, it ranges from Alaska, the upper Mackenzie River Valley; southward throughout the ...
Tapestry depicting a Florentine wolf hunt (c.14th century), Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy. Wolf hunting is the practice of hunting wolves. Wolves are mainly hunted for sport, for their skins, to protect livestock and, in some rare cases, to protect humans. [ 1 ] Wolves have been actively hunted since 8,000 to 10,000 years ago, when they first ...
Rob Furlong (born 11 November 1976) is a Canadian former military sniper who, from March 2002 until November 2009, held the world record for the longest confirmed sniper kill in combat, at 2,430 m (2,657 yd). [1] His record stood for over seven years until surpassed by British soldier Craig Harrison with a distance of 2,475 m (2,707 yd).
Warwolf. The Warwolf, also known as the Loup-de-Guerre or Ludgar, [1] is believed to have been the largest trebuchet ever made. [citation needed] It was created in Scotland by order of Edward I of England, during the siege of Stirling Castle in 1304, as part of the Wars of Scottish Independence. A contemporary chronicle refers to it as une ...