Yellowstone wolf incident

[Bullshot]

This article talks about a man being cited for spraying wolves (looks like pepper spray) but the video raised a whole lotta other questions about wolves intent, lack of fear, etc. His actions are stupid but I'm wondering if the pepper(?) spray may have saved him from being torn to shreds?

Man caught on camera approaching, spraying unknown substance toward Yellowstone wolves: rangers

National Park Service rangers at Yellowstone cited a visitor caught on camera approaching a wild wolf pack and sprayed them with an unknown substance.

www.foxnews.com

 

[LuketheDog]

This article talks about a man being cited for spraying wolves (looks like pepper spray) but the video raised a whole lotta other questions about wolves intent, lack of fear, etc. His actions are stupid but I'm wondering if the pepper(?) spray may have saved him from being torn to shreds?

Man caught on camera approaching, spraying unknown substance toward Yellowstone wolves: rangers

National Park Service rangers at Yellowstone cited a visitor caught on camera approaching a wild wolf pack and sprayed them with an unknown substance.

www.foxnews.com

If only they'd taken a pound of flesh, he was asking for it anyway...

 

[Hem]

Im siding with the wolves.

 

[Caseknife]

I wish the wildlife would thin out a few more of the stupid people that visit our national parks. C'mon Darwin

 

[Bigjay73]

Its hard to make an argument that parks such as Yellowstone and RMNP don't remove the fear of man from animals. Look at Estes Park, elk walk into stores from time to time. I guess the question is, is it fear of man that typically keeps wolves from attacking, or something else?

 

[shb]

This article talks about a man being cited for spraying wolves (looks like pepper spray) but the video raised a whole lotta other questions about wolves intent, lack of fear, etc. His actions are stupid but I'm wondering if the pepper(?) spray may have saved him from being torn to shreds?

Man caught on camera approaching, spraying unknown substance toward Yellowstone wolves: rangers

National Park Service rangers at Yellowstone cited a visitor caught on camera approaching a wild wolf pack and sprayed them with an unknown substance.

www.foxnews.com

Do you think wolves typically tear people to shreds?

 

[seeth07]

In some respect, perhaps he taught that pack a lesson to instead run away from man? I dont fully understand what his purpose was here, he did appear to be in a hiking trail but didnt ever back down once he saw them

 

[Bullshot]

Do you think wolves typically tear people to shreds?

I posted an interesting video of a pack of wolves decisively loping after a man into a ravine at close range and used a common turn of phrase, and instead of comment on the video you comment on that? Next time a pack runs after you, I'll trust you are debating semantics of whether in an animal attack scenario they tear you to shreds, rip you to pieces, tear you limb from limb, eat you up. This is like the if a tree falls in the forest and no-one hears, does it make a noise? So if an animal attacks and kills someone, and its not caught on video, do they swallow the victim whole?

If your next question is whether I think wolves attack people, well, yes I do. It has happened. It is rare. That's what makes the video interesting.

 

[Bullshot]

Do you think wolves typically tear people to shreds?

Student torn apart by wolves in savage attack made final haunting call to mum

Kenton Carnegie went for a walk by a lake - but it wasn't long before the pack began stalking their prey

www.mirror.co.uk

Also, tough read in this official report from the woman in Alaska, but at one point they found her mittens along the path she ran while being attacked. The thumb of one mitten was "torn off", (page 10) and it's a likely guess what was in the mitten. The horror of even these rare occurrences is unspeakable, not anything to be flippant about.

https://www.adfg.alaska.gov/static/home/news/pdfs/wolfattackfatality.pdf

 

[BAKPAKR]

On the video I saw on YouTube, the wolves were making a beeline for that guy. It looks to me like he was trying to retreat, but when the wolves picked up the pace, he changed tactics and tried scaring them by approaching them and waving his arms (and I bet shouting). When that failed, he used the spray.

 

[Bullshot]

On the video I saw on YouTube, the wolves were making a beeline for that guy. It looks to me like he was trying to retreat, but when the wolves picked up the pace, he changed tactics and tried scaring them by approaching them and waving his arms (and I bet shouting). When that failed, he used the spray.

Exactly. Regardless of what the guy was doing, even before the video started, those wolves could have run as fast and far away as they wanted, but they grouped up and ran at him, exactly as they would in any probing/predatory attack. When he got in a vulnerable dip they picked up speed, and appeared to commit, until he started spraying.

 

[Irishman]

This article talks about a man being cited for spraying wolves (looks like pepper spray) but the video raised a whole lotta other questions about wolves intent, lack of fear, etc. His actions are stupid but I'm wondering if the pepper(?) spray may have saved him from being torn to shreds?

Man caught on camera approaching, spraying unknown substance toward Yellowstone wolves: rangers

National Park Service rangers at Yellowstone cited a visitor caught on camera approaching a wild wolf pack and sprayed them with an unknown substance.

www.foxnews.com

I'm not sure what the guy did wrong. It looks like he's being followed by a pack of wolves that are getting too close. He walks back hoping to scare them off, and they don't run, so he sprays the closest one. It would be hard to keep walking away knowing that they were getting so close behind you.
Was he hiking and got followed by the wolves, or did he approach them first? If he approached them first, then he's the problem.

 

[seeth07]

If he approached them first, then he's the problem.

The fact that he was cited makes me think he saw the wolves, approached them for whatever reason (selfies?) and then got in a bad situation and used the spray. I'd agree that the citation is warranted in that situation.

 

[Bowhuntrben]

I'm not sure what the guy did wrong. It looks like he's being followed by a pack of wolves that are getting too close. He walks back hoping to scare them off, and they don't run, so he sprays the closest one. It would be hard to keep walking away knowing that they were getting so close behind you.
Was he hiking and got followed by the wolves, or did he approach them first? If he approached them first, then he's the problem.

Right. I'm assuming there is more video that is not shown which is a basis for citing him. If this is the whole story, then he did what he had to do. Only unfortunate thing is it wasn't a bison, so we can't add it to the counter.

 

[El Jason]

If these were a few bull bison, instead of wolves, no one on this forum would even care