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Old 07-24-2009, 04:56 PM
 
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Wolves lived in Wisconsin?? I thought wolves were concentrated in the West Coast. I've seen a couple of coyotes, but never a wolf in Wisconsin.
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Old 07-24-2009, 07:51 PM
 
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Wolves lived in Wisconsin?? I thought wolves were concentrated in the West Coast. I've seen a couple of coyotes, but never a wolf in Wisconsin.
You don't see them because they hear/smell you first.


http://dnr.wi.gov/org/land/er/mammals/wolf/wolf_map.htm (broken link)



http://dnr.wi.gov/org/land/er/mammals/wolf/images/wolf_2008.gif (broken link)



FYI,

If you see a Wolf on the West Coast, and you are not in the N. Cascades of Washington, then you are seeing an escapee from some home which is illegally holding endangered species.

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Old 07-26-2009, 04:59 AM
 
Location: Portland OR
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Never a recorded attack on humans.

However, since humans have been recorded attacking small children, and like humans wolves are animals and therefore motivated by various needs including hunger, you wouldn't want to leave your toddler go off on a solitary backpack through the Nicolet, for example.

Wolf hybrids (esp as pets) are another entire issue.


Numerous cases of attacks by family "pets" on children and adults.
[LEFT]Kenton Carnegie, 22, a geology student. Carnegie was attacked and killed by wolves while hiking in remote Northern Saskatchewan. Carnegie is the first human known to have been killed by healthy, wild wolves in North America.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/01/14/HOGCRGL75U1.DTL#ixzz0MMVQCAOY
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Old 07-26-2009, 11:19 AM
 
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[LEFT]Kenton Carnegie, 22, a geology student. Carnegie was attacked and killed by wolves while hiking in remote Northern Saskatchewan. Carnegie is the first human known to have been killed by healthy, wild wolves in North America.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/01/14/HOGCRGL75U1.DTL#ixzz0MMVQCAOY
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Expert says man killed by bear, not wolves

Expert says man killed by bear, not wolves



A renowned carnivore expert believes Kenton Carnegie most likely was killed in northern Saskatchewan by a black bear, not a pack of wolves.



By CanWest News ServiceNovember 1, 2007



"SASKATOON -- A renowned carnivore expert believes Kenton Carnegie most likely was killed in northern Saskatchewan by a black bear, not a pack of wolves.
"The preponderance of evidence points to black bear," Paul Paquet testified Wednesday during a coroner's inquest into the 22-year-old engineering student's death.
Paquet said the way Carnegie was attacked, eaten and dragged through the bush suggests a bear was responsible."


Nobody knows for sure what killed Carnegie; best guess is he was killed by a bear and scavenged by a wolf or wolves.
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Old 07-26-2009, 11:57 AM
 
Location: Lower East Side, Milwaukee, WI
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I live in Milwaukee and we definitely don't have wolves here in the city, but to my surprise I have seen quite a few coyotes, possums, raccoons, and foxes down on the Far South Side. 2 weeks ago, I had a couple of coyotes run right out in front of me on 794 near the airport.
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Old 07-26-2009, 12:20 PM
 
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I live in Milwaukee and we definitely don't have wolves here in the city, but to my surprise I have seen quite a few coyotes, possums, raccoons, and foxes down on the Far South Side. 2 weeks ago, I had a couple of coyotes run right out in front of me on 794 near the airport.
There was a Bear on 100th street back in 2000, or maybe 2001.
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Old 07-26-2009, 02:27 PM
 
Location: Wisconsin
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We got some cougars by us. For some reason, they like to hang out around the younger crowd bars. HAHAHAHAHAHA
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Old 07-26-2009, 06:30 PM
 
Location: Middleton, Wisconsin
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We got some cougars by us. For some reason, they like to hang out around the younger crowd bars. HAHAHAHAHAHA

Lol. There very common around Portage too!
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Old 07-26-2009, 07:50 PM
 
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Lol. There very common around Portage too!
Watch 'em.

They're opportunists: ambush hunters.
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Old 07-27-2009, 04:51 AM
 
Location: WI
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i'd like to know--where were those "cougars" back in the day when I used to go out "hunting" ??
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