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Wolves Attack Dogs In Wallace Area

Posted by DFO

Jan. 13, 2012 8:56 a.m. • 18 comments

Correction: Wild dogs attack Rottweiler in Wallace/Mike Perry, KHQ

Domestic dogs were attacked by four wolves around 6 p.m. Wednesday night on the 600 block of Burke Road, just outside Wallace. One dog died and another sustained a facial bite, said Shoshone County Sheriff Mitch Alexander, and there were many wolf tracks in the area. A neighbor reported the dog that died was a Rottweiler. Idaho Fish and Game notified residents in the area and informed them that it is legal to shoot the wolf pack. Calls made to Idaho Fish and Game official Josh Stanley about the attack weren't returned. Mullan resident Barry Sadler didn't just have his dogs attacked by wolves a few years ago - they chased his daughter into the front door and came right up on his porch. Sadler shot and killed one of the offending wolves/Kelsey Saintz, Hagadone News Network. More here.

Question: Do you still think Br'er Wolf is harmless?

18 comments on this post so far. Add yours!

Phaedrus on January 13 at 9:03 a.m.
Do you still think Br’er Wolf is harmless?

Never did.
fortboise on January 13 at 9:06 a.m.
I am not much afraid of the big bad wolf, but I guess the numbers who are will be swelled by this and the recent horror/adventure movie that tried to drum up primal screams.

I get the competitive thing—and imagine that a Rottweiler might imagine its chances were better than they actually are. (But I’m sure somebody loved that Rottweiler, and nobody in the neighborhood loves the wolves.)

Now then. The CDA Press? That is one HIDEOUS website. It makes me remember the dawn-of-the-web “blink” tag with fondness.

And the fellow quoted, opining on one of god’s fellow creatures as “treacherous and filthy.” No sense of irony, these humans. None at all.
duroc on January 13 at 9:10 a.m.
When I was a kid, a pack of dogs (runaways from their owners) attacked my 4-H pigs, tearing them up pretty bad without killing them. They then stampeded our cattle in the pasture, which was what woke my father and I out of bed to see the mongrels running away from our property.

This sort of thing happened from time to time in our neck of the woods.

And yet, somehow, no one has called for all domesticated dogs to be shot in the head, poisoned, or trapped. Huh. Even though little kids are attacked and disfigured from “mean” dogs with irresponsible (or cruel) owners.

Obviously, all members of the canine family should be exterminated immediately. Start with the wolves and rottweilers and pit bulls, and work your way down to the beagles, wiener dogs, and chihuahuas.

Question: Do you still think Br’er Wolf is harmless?

Answer: I never did. That doesn’t mean they don’t have a proper place in the ecosystem.
duroc on January 13 at 9:14 a.m.
P.S. I can’t wait for all the pro- and anti-wolf drive-by commenters to come out of the woodwork again to get their two cents in on this thread. Sigh.
Stickman on January 13 at 9:28 a.m.
I came out of the woodwork for a second, but I like your thoughts duroc. That’s enough from me, for once.
hdw on January 13 at 9:32 a.m.
Very good point Duroc! I’m with you on this one.
Dennis on January 13 at 10:36 a.m.
duroc on January 13 at 9:14 a.m.

P.S. I can’t wait for all the pro- and anti-wolf drive-by commenters to come out of the woodwork again to get their two cents in on this thread. Sigh.

This thread could make for a LOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNGGGGGGGGG weekend for DFO.

;-)
Spudbob on January 13 at 11:08 a.m.
Night shift should be showing up in a few hours and we will all be treated to endless blather about wolves.

Aaaahhh-oooooo!!
Sisyphus on January 13 at 11:48 a.m.
Which will eerily echo the same stereotypical opinions they have about Muslims, that they’re all extremely violent and should be put down as ruthlessly as possible.
Arpie on January 13 at 12:03 p.m.
The Bee today has an article about a Post falls Women who had a service dog attacked by two pit bulls. Can’t find a link. Is this less newsworthy?
Kage_Mann on January 13 at 12:14 p.m.
I pray; that a wolf or pack o’ wolves would attack me in the woods. I’d just fire up my big Husky chainsaw and mow the beasts down. I had a badger try to take me on, he ended up running away.
DFO on January 13 at 12:31 p.m.
@ Arpie re: “The Bee today has an article about a Post falls Women who had a service dog attacked by two pit bulls. Can’t find a link. Is this less newsworthy?”

Check AM Roundup …
Fishwife on January 13 at 2:53 p.m.
Can they prove it was wolves? Eyewitnesses? Wild dogs maybe? Sasquatch? Where was Red Riding Hood? Sounds like a conspiracy to frame the wolves with a bum rap.
TerryHarris on January 13 at 3:01 p.m.
For what it’s worth — and in this debate it’s probably not worth much — the reporter notes on her twitter feed today that IDFG confirms that it was NOT wolves…

https://twitter.com/#!/KelseySaintz/status/157893636242161664
duroc on January 13 at 5:19 p.m.
So, will the correction get as much press as the initial cry of “wolf’”?

Doubt it.
idviking on January 13 at 6:09 p.m.
Once again, someone has cried “Wolf!”. The dogs attacked, but the most violent predator of all called wolf. Seems like an old story.
Stickman on January 13 at 7:26 p.m.
Kage: Do you actually walk the woods with a chainsaw ready to go?
greenlibertarian on January 13 at 7:33 p.m.
I had to take a shower after reading the comments on the Mess.

Talk about creepy… Wow.

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