OK Alaska guys, we are slipping. None of us posted this on the 26th when it was in the paper, so the entire article is not there. I posted what I could get. Rog
Author: JAMES HALPIN
jhalpin@adn.com
Staff
Date: October 26, 2007
Publication: Anchorage Daily News (AK)
Page: A1
Word count: 704
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A pack of wolves killed about a half-dozen sled dogs from three teams in Marshall on Wednesday night before residents of the Yukon River village chased them out of town, according to village officials and Alaska State Troopers. The wolves killed three adult dogs, including a female with pups, several villagers said. About three of the pups were also killed and several other dogs injured.
"They were running through the whole town here," said Dewayne Cooper.
Sorry I was unable to copy this on the day it was posted in the paper, so the rest of the article is not there. But these wolves had came into the village earlier in the day. The kids in the village fired shots to drive the wolves off, but they later returned.
We can thank Friends Of Animals and Defenders Of Wildlife for this. They are the ones that keep getting court injunctions to prevent us from effectively reducing wolf numbers. You don't just walk out into the woods and shoot wolves. They are extremely smart and cunning. The only effective way to kill them is with aircraft. And that can only be done right after a fresh snow, where you can track them and see them against a white background. Just think people in the lower 48, your day is coming. A few more years and they will be coming into your residential communities and killing your dogs and kids, dragging them off and eating them. Before someone says they don't attack people, better really check out your facts, two or three people get attacked every year up here in Alaska. A couple of years ago a man was skiing on the Tanana River. When he did not come home a search was made. All that was found was his skis, a big bloody spot, with little human remains, and lots of wolf tracks.
