Attempted Predation of a Child by a Gray Wolf, Canis lupus, near Icy Bay, Alaska
On 26 April 2000 a six-year-old boy was attacked and repeatedly bitten by a Gray Wolf (Canis lupus) in a logging camp near Icy Bay, Alaska. The animal’s behavior during the attack clearly contained elements of predation. The wolf was killed shortly after the attack and found to be in normal physical...
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ftjcfn:oai:canadianfieldnaturalist.ca:article/106 2024-09-15T18:00:59+00:00 Attempted Predation of a Child by a Gray Wolf, Canis lupus, near Icy Bay, Alaska McNay, Mark E. Mooney, Philip W. 2005-04-01 application/pdf https://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/106 https://doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v119i2.106 eng eng The Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club https://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/106/106 https://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/106 doi:10.22621/cfn.v119i2.106 The Canadian Field-Naturalist; Vol. 119 No. 2 (2005); 197-201 0008-3550 Gray Wolf Canis lupus food conditioning habituation predation wolf aggression wolf attack Alaska info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2005 ftjcfn https://doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v119i2.106 2024-08-06T03:02:00Z On 26 April 2000 a six-year-old boy was attacked and repeatedly bitten by a Gray Wolf (Canis lupus) in a logging camp near Icy Bay, Alaska. The animal’s behavior during the attack clearly contained elements of predation. The wolf was killed shortly after the attack and found to be in normal physical condition; tests for rabies and canine distemper were negative. Low densities of ungulate prey and increased energetic demands associated with denning may have influenced the wolf’s behavior, but we believe the wolf’s habituation to people was a more significant factor contributing to the attack. Food-conditioning may have facilitated the habituation process, but there was no evidence the attack resulted from a food-conditioned approach response. Article in Journal/Newspaper Canis lupus gray wolf Alaska The Canadian Field-Naturalist The Canadian Field-Naturalist 119 2 197 |
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On 26 April 2000 a six-year-old boy was attacked and repeatedly bitten by a Gray Wolf (Canis lupus) in a logging camp near Icy Bay, Alaska. The animal’s behavior during the attack clearly contained elements of predation. The wolf was killed shortly after the attack and found to be in normal physical condition; tests for rabies and canine distemper were negative. Low densities of ungulate prey and increased energetic demands associated with denning may have influenced the wolf’s behavior, but we believe the wolf’s habituation to people was a more significant factor contributing to the attack. Food-conditioning may have facilitated the habituation process, but there was no evidence the attack resulted from a food-conditioned approach response. |
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Attempted Predation of a Child by a Gray Wolf, Canis lupus, near Icy Bay, Alaska |
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