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Do wolves attack people

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Even though there dogs they are also canevoirs so there most likely to eat men the woman

No, wolves attack people when they feel people are getting to close to their pups or is threatening them in other ways. Wolves do not eat humans and rarely attacks. And they are not dogs.

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It's possible. Wolves do occasionally seem protective of other animals. Of course, these are usually young wolves, but an unusual wolf MIGHT cross the species barrier in its paternal interests. A dog would be a lot more reliable, though, having about 150 centuries of domestication on the wolf. The same wolf that did the protecting might later attack the human - not as a predator, but to establish which one of them was going to be the Alpha.

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there is absolutely no proof that a wolf or a pack of wolves ever attacked a human being.

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The history of wolf attacks goes back many years. North American natives have an oral history of wolf attacks. The most recent wolf attack in North America was on February 2006. The victim was partly eaten. See Link.

The history of wolf attacks in Europe and Asia is:

  • In Scotland in the 15th century wolf attacks were frequent necessitating the construction of special travelers refuges.
  • In France between the years 1580-1830, 3,069 people were killed by wolves.
  • In Italy between the 15th to 18th centuries, 440 people were killed by wolves
  • In Imperial Russia 1890, a document was produced stating that 161 people had been killed by wolves in 1871
  • Most recently a French shepherd was attacked in in 2001.
  • In Uttar Pradesh, wolves killed or seriously injured 74 humans between 1996 and 1997
  • In India in 1878 624 people were killed by wolves

So what do you do?

  • Stay away from areas where wolves are hungry
  • Russian folklore indicates throwing your fellow travellers to the wolvesone by one slows them down
  • North American native tradition indicates you should throw the food with sharp flints (or similar) the first wolves snap at the food, cut their mouths and the rest of the pack attacks their wounded friends leaving you to escape.
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While attacks are rare, they do happen. For a list of such attacks in North America click on this link.

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there is no recorded proof that this has ever happened, although it has been portrayed in movies that wolves will attack people.

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Only if threatened or is booted from the pack.

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Wolves fight other wolves either because they are threatened, challenged, asserting rank, or fighting over food/mate/land or are angry.

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