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Are wolves cannibalistic

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NO! They don't eat their own kind. They eat sick or old elk, deer, and other animals. They actually help the environment by getting rid of the sick and old animals. They can also be scavengers and feed off of carcasses. They aren't cannibals. :)

INCORRECT. The guy who made the first answer is wrong, no offense to him. Wolves have and do commit cannibalism, it isn't really uncommon. Wolves cannibalize pack mates after they are killed by other wolves or die for other reasons, there has been a record of 6 month-old cubs eating their parents after being killed in a fight.

So yes wolves ARE cannibals.

INCORRECT. Although a starving pack MAY resort to cannibalism, wolves rarely feed on other wolves, ESPECIALLY, their deceased family members. If you have proof, please show us a link, because I doubt such a grisly and unnecessary thing would take place between pups and parents. In conclusion, even if wolves DO resort to cannibalism once in a while, that does NOT make them cannibals. No offense.

No, they only eat sick or injured animals like elk and deer. They help the environment by taking away these animals that are suffering.

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They can be. If food is scarce they will occasionally kill and eat the weak and the young of their pack. Sometimes they also will eat those in the pack who have died.

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