What do you consider an official record? The fact that American wolves have been rare in populated areas in recent history could explain that - the PA Game Commission didn't keep records before its' existence, for example. Wolves in Asia have killed many children - in areas where there were rabies, where there wolves were living in proximity to humans and lost their fear, places where there were no natural predators of wolves. "From March to October 1996, a wolf or wolves allegedly killed or seriously injured 64 children in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Dr. Yadvendradev Jhala, a U.S.-trained wolf biologist who studies wolves in his native India, investigated these reports and attempted to determine if any animal other than wolves could have been involved. By examining victims, questioning survivors and witnesses, and checking tracks, hairs and scats, Jhala concluded that a wolf or wolves were involved in the killings. In March and April 1997, another nine or 10 humans apparently fell prey to wolves in the same area. Almost all of the victims were children under age 10 who had been playing or relieving themselves around the outskirts of small villages surrounded by heavy vegetative cover. Very few wild prey inhabit the area, and most domestic livestock are well-tended." In 1996 a 11-year old boy was dragged from his sleeping bag in Algonquin Provinical Park (Ontario) by a wolf - he wasn't killed, he only needed stiches (80 of them). Wolves have been rare in most of the US where humans live, which has pretty much eliminated wolf attacks. If the wolves are reintroduced into the populous eastern US, that will likely change. People didn't kill wolves just for fun, or for the fur. With the current epidemic levels of rabies here in the east, that makes the reintroduction even more dangerous. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2007 8:24 PM Subject: Re: [PACENTRE] Stories of Pennsylvania Animals > In a message dated 1/14/07 8:20:28 PM Eastern Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > Wolves are still gone, Thank Goodness! Our ancestors killed wolves > whenever > they were found not only because they ate our livestock, but also because > they killed our children! > I challenge you to find an official record of a death of a human being due > to > wolf attack. As far as I have been able to see the American wolf has > never > been a direct death of a human, adult or child. That isn't to say they > wouldn't if there was nothing else to eat. Yes they killed livestock but > wouldn't > you if you were hungry? > > Renee > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >