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"Third, there are often claims that wolves never attack humans ..." I find this hard to believe - who would make such a claim ? One would have to be almost en
by rsync 7y ago
"Third, there are often claims that wolves never attack humans ..."
I find this hard to believe - who would make such a claim ?
One would have to be almost entirely illiterate in both historical accounts of American settlement and rural accounts of frontier areas in Europe and middle-Asia and many, many well-respected fictional accounts of wolfpack/human interactions all over the world.
The wedding story from _My Antonia_ comes to mind ...
- arminiusreturns 7y agoYou'd be surprised at how often it is heard when discussing this topic (edit: see comments). My grandfather used to visit Alaska and talked to them about it and not only did they just laugh when he told them that was what the forest service "down here" said, but they said "you should talk to the Siberians!". I'll admit the statistics of wolf attacks in NA are small, but they fail to take into account many things, for example the high number of national forest disappearances a percentage of which could have been animals attacks we don't know about. Also, just from personal experience, when in wolf territory statistics are hardly a comfort when you hear the yips a ridge over... Some have said it's fear mongering...I wonder is there such a thing as statistics-mongering?
- bananabreakfast 7y agoFictional. Exactly.