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February 15, 2012 in Opinion, Letters
Beware of wolves
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife biologist responding to the movie “Grey” claims wolves do not attack people and worries that the movie will give people a negative response to wolves. He needs to remember wolves are dogs. A dog attack was reported in your paper just recently.
Our new wolves are very special dogs: a combination of arctic and subarctic lines, as smart as a 3- or 4-year-old child, with the organization of the Mafia, the strength of three crazed pit bulls, and the endurance of a Kenyan distance champion. They will feed themselves and protect territory. They expand territory like a teenager headed off to university and reproduce themselves at astounding rates in the face of serious challenges. We again have them and must recognize our own research. They do eat our wildlife, livestock, each other and pets. There is no reason to believe that they will not add people to the list.
Hal Meenach
Valleyford
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SMARTGUY on February 15 at 2:04 p.m.
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife biologist who wrote the editorial on the movie “The Grey”. Was afraid stupid people would see this movie, and be dumb enough to think it was real. Congratulations Hal Meenach, for proving him right.
liveinfearoftheSPD on February 15 at 2:24 p.m.
“New Wolves”? What a douche this guy is. And he works for the Department of Fish and Wildlife.
Once they start attacking people, THEN cry wolf.
nowolves on February 22 at 1:18 a.m.
Hal Meenach nice post, Thanks for bringing to light the real danger this animal could be. Some people like to say that dogs are more dangerous than wolves. To insinuate that wolves are not a threat to take seriously is absurd. I love facts…….they are hard to argue with. There are ~ 100000 wolves in North America. ~22,000 of them live remotely close to humans. In the last few years 2 people have been killed by the 22000 wolves which live remotely close to humans. If the 60 million US dogs (that live in our houses and neighborhood) killed at a rate of 2 per 22000 we would see 5455 died people every ~5 years or 109,100 deaths per century. You do the same type of comparison with the coyote & the deceptiveness is still the same. Wolves are a real threat to the ranchers and people and have been pushed back to remote areas where they belong. Groups like Center of Biodiversity want another 10,000 of the vermin living in poorer habitat closer to people where they will literally cause millions of dollars of damage in depredation of livestock and pets. Enough is enough!
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35913715/ns/us_news-life/t/fatal-wolf-attack-unnerves-alaska-village/