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A series of necropsies performed on wolves culled in the surrounding area shortly after the attack ruled out rabies, sickness, or wolf-dog hybridisation as being causes of the attack. The verified case was notable as being the first recorded fatal wolf attack in Alaska in which DNA evidence was gathered to confirm wolf involvement.
An emaciated wolf killed two people near a railway station. The wolf had injured 13 people over the month, and was believed to have accustomed itself to scavenging human corpses during the war. [571] 1947 Veniamina Fokina, 13, female: Predatory: Rusanov, Khalturinsky District, Kirov Oblast, Russia [further explanation needed] [570] 1947
By the 1970s, the pro-wolf lobby aimed to change public attitudes towards wolves, with the phrase "there has never been a documented case of a healthy wild wolf attacking a human in North America" (or variations thereof [a]) becoming a slogan for people seeking to create a more positive image for the wolf. Several non-fatal attacks including ...
From 2002-20, the researchers documented 26 fatal wolf attacks on humans worldwide. Most were in Turkey (12), Iran (6) and India (4). Two were in North America: one in 2005 in Canada and one in ...
Since 1973, the gray wolf has been on and off the federal government's endangered species list. When the wolves are on the list, advocates say the protections help wolves' place in the natural ...
In the rare cases in which man-eating wolf attacks occur, the majority of victims are children. [15] Habituation is a known factor contributing to some man-eating wolf attacks which results from living close to human habitations, causing wolves to lose their fear of humans and consequently approach too closely, much like urban coyotes.
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Campaigners also point to a 2023 EU report, which states that only around 50,000 of Europe’s 68 million sheep and goats are killed by wolves each year - 0.065% of the total number – adding ...