I heard or read somewhere that the Russian wolves were a different kind of wolf than American wolves and that Russian wolves DID attack and eat people. There seem to be lots of stories of throwing something from a sleigh to distract the wolves from their chase. Sally On Fri, 26 Jan 2007, frank jacobs wrote: > Greetings, > > I saw an article in a recent issue of Outdoor Life about wolves > attacking dog trainers in the North American wilderness. It brought to > mind the stories of the wolves mentioned in the Bender book in the early > days of the Kamenka VG village, as well as my granndparents tales, who > were butchers, and spoke of having to throw meat to wolves which > followed their delivery sleds in the winter. the wolves would roam > throught the village at night, attacking and animal not sheltered > inside. > > I realize that wolves do not usually attack humans in ordinary > circumstances, but what struck me about this article was the ferocity of > the attack, when these wolves were attacking other canines in the > company of humans. It gave me a new appreciation of the survival trials > of our ancestors, and new meaning to the old bromide of "a wolf at the > door". In this article, the savagery and pack strategy of the attack is > described, by a pack including 185 pound animals. The domesticated > large dogs did not stand a chance against an organized pack. It > definitely illustrayed some of the trials of our ancestors in a more > primal world. > > Frank Jacobs > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GER-VOLGA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

My Dad, who was born in Frank, told me several times about the problems the people had with wolf attacks when traveling through the woods going to other towns. He said it was more of a problem during the winter. I just never talked with Dad enough about it. I sure should have asked him more question. Ron ----- Original Message ----- From: S. Zitzer<mailto:sallyz@myuw.net> To: frank jacobs<mailto:fjacobs@cox.net> Cc: List<mailto:Ger-Volga-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 26, 2007 8:42 AM Subject: Re: [GER-VOLGA] wolf attacks on early VG villages I heard or read somewhere that the Russian wolves were a different kind of wolf than American wolves and that Russian wolves DID attack and eat people. There seem to be lots of stories of throwing something from a sleigh to distract the wolves from their chase. Sally On Fri, 26 Jan 2007, frank jacobs wrote: > Greetings, > > I saw an article in a recent issue of Outdoor Life about wolves > attacking dog trainers in the North American wilderness. It brought to > mind the stories of the wolves mentioned in the Bender book in the early > days of the Kamenka VG village, as well as my granndparents tales, who > were butchers, and spoke of having to throw meat to wolves which > followed their delivery sleds in the winter. the wolves would roam > throught the village at night, attacking and animal not sheltered > inside. > > I realize that wolves do not usually attack humans in ordinary > circumstances, but what struck me about this article was the ferocity of > the attack, when these wolves were attacking other canines in the > company of humans. It gave me a new appreciation of the survival trials > of our ancestors, and new meaning to the old bromide of "a wolf at the > door". In this article, the savagery and pack strategy of the attack is > described, by a pack including 185 pound animals. The domesticated > large dogs did not stand a chance against an organized pack. It > definitely illustrayed some of the trials of our ancestors in a more > primal world. > > Frank Jacobs > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GER-VOLGA-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:GER-VOLGA-request@rootsweb.com> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GER-VOLGA-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:GER-VOLGA-request@rootsweb.com> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message