Craig Daily Press / Rick Hammel: Wolves do not attack children

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January 29, 2008

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Craig — (The letter below is in response to John Thompson's Jan. 25 letter about children at bus stops being targets for predators.)

To the Editor:

This is one of the myths about wolves. They don't attack children. There has only been one death of a human ever attributed to a wolf in North America.

It was in Saskatewan, Canada, about three years ago.

And that one is skeptical. Some think it was a black bear. Consider all of the children waiting for school buses in wolf country, and not one of them bothered.

Now, if there was a dog present, that would be reason for concern. Wolves will attack other candids. The children would probably be OK.

Rick Hammel

Craig