tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post6707650270416900354..comments2024-03-28T13:48:13.606+00:00Comments on Ambush Predator: Living With PredatorsJuliaMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-1585672708015052132010-12-16T05:47:27.182+00:002010-12-16T05:47:27.182+00:00"...there are about thirty cow-related human ...<i>"...there are about thirty cow-related human deaths in the USA each year..."</i> <br /><br />True, but there's a reason for the numbers game. I don't know about you, but I don't much fancy a boned, rolled loin of wolf with my Yorkshire pudding and mashed potatoes...<br /><br /><i>"150 people a year are killed by falling coconuts...."</i> <br /><br />Yes, and they're delicious too! :) <br /><br />And at least the trees are stationary...JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-80368621363397775652010-12-16T05:45:03.745+00:002010-12-16T05:45:03.745+00:00"Any reports of wolves taking pigeons? I'...<i>"Any reports of wolves taking pigeons? I've got a job for them. "</i> <br /><br />It'd resolve the urban fox 'problem' quite handily too!<br /><br /><i>"The Chignik Lake teacher was mauled by wild animals and they *think* they were wolves."</i> <br /><br />They found definite wolf tracks, followed them back to actual pure-bred wolves, and I think I remember reading they recovered DNA evidence too...<br /><br /><i>"I'll live with that."</i> <br /><br />So would I, give the allowance to be armed. But I wouldn't want to make that choice for anyone else.JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-46593664928198519222010-12-15T23:43:22.802+00:002010-12-15T23:43:22.802+00:00It seems from the comments that you have to have a...It seems from the comments that you have to have a quota killed before doing much anything.<br />cows and coconuts don't even qualify.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-12969702007806292492010-12-15T20:31:05.847+00:002010-12-15T20:31:05.847+00:00150 people a year are killed by falling coconuts.....150 people a year are killed by falling coconuts....blueknighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18409655604657713593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-68179369683304703552010-12-15T17:51:59.739+00:002010-12-15T17:51:59.739+00:00It's right not to get too exercised about the ...It's right not to get too exercised about the level of wolf attacks, but in a shall-issue state like Alaska, in the vanishingly unlikely event I were out jogging, I'd be carrying (after all, a .45ACP works on the two-legged variety of predator, too.) The folks in the town where the dogs have been killed seem to be well-armed.David Gilliesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-60756759065648209612010-12-15T14:58:34.520+00:002010-12-15T14:58:34.520+00:00Oh, I'm much less relaxed about cows.Oh, I'm much less relaxed about cows.Peter Risdonhttp://www.peterrisdon.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-48197705384060375332010-12-15T13:41:39.507+00:002010-12-15T13:41:39.507+00:00It's tricky, and it's up to them I suppose...It's tricky, and it's up to them I suppose.<br /><br />If Peter is going to play the statistics card, I ought to point out that there are about thirty cow-related human deaths in the USA each year (or something like that). So wolves ain't such a big deal.<br /><br />WV: cowdeathMark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-62751959741686148682010-12-15T13:37:35.635+00:002010-12-15T13:37:35.635+00:00Hmmm. When I lived in Alaska, the prob was wild do...Hmmm. When I lived in Alaska, the prob was wild dogs - but wolves were often blamed. The Chignik Lake teacher was mauled by wild animals and they *think* they were wolves.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35913715/ns/us_news-life/" rel="nofollow">Perspective</a>:<br /><br />"It was the first fatal wolf attack in Alaska, and only the second documented case of a wild wolf killing a human in North America. There are an estimated 60,000 to 70,000 wolves in North America, including 7,700 to 11,200 in Alaska."<br /><br />I'll live with that.Peter Risdonhttp://www.peterrisdon.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-4053137409186305222010-12-15T11:49:03.321+00:002010-12-15T11:49:03.321+00:00sneaking into yards and snatching dogs and cats.
...<i>sneaking into yards and snatching dogs and cats.</i><br /><br />Any reports of wolves taking pigeons? I've got a job for them. <br /><br />WV: shooever.<br /><br />How on earth did it know before I wrote anything?Woman on a Rafthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08897415591130901416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-59842067536007003532010-12-15T11:33:53.425+00:002010-12-15T11:33:53.425+00:00Wolves, wargs, whatever. We still have the guns, ...Wolves, wargs, whatever. We still have the guns, except in the UK.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.com