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Wolves maul a woman to death at a zoo in Sweden Published: Today at 16:23 A WOMAN zookeeper was mauled to death by a pack of wolves as she fed them in their enclosure. Her body was found by a colleague — but the snarling pack would not let anyone near her. Eventually brave zoo workers formed a human chain and rushed the wolves, forcing them back. Jan Tengeborg, who organised the attempt to recover the body, said: “We couldn’t get into the enclosure because the wolves clearly did not want us in there. You can’t just walk right into a wolf pack.” No one witnessed the attack so it is not yet clear exactly what triggered it. The dead woman has not been named. The same pack attacked TV naturalist Arne Weise when Kolmarden Wildlife Park opened in Braviken Bay, Sweden, in 2007. He said yesterday: “We have to stop interacting so closely with wolves. It is wrong, the risk is too great. We must recognise they are dangerous animals.”  Zoo ... Kolmarden Wildlife Park in Sweden Armed police were called to the zoo but did not open fire. Mats Höggren, director at Kolmarden — where earlier this year a girl of 15 was bitten on the leg by a wolf — said: “This is is terrible. “She was alone in the wolves’ yard but had contact with a colleague via two-way radio. “The colleague thought she had been gone longer than usual, so investigated and found her body.” He said the animals would not be put down.
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Quote: "The same pack attacked TV naturalist Arne Weise when Kolmarden Wildlife Park opened in Braviken Bay, Sweden, in 2007."
Quote: "earlier this year a girl of 15 was bitten on the leg by a wolf"
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:“She was alone in the wolves’ yard "
Sounds like horrendous mismanagement happening at this zoo.
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| Posted 06/17/12 at 06:58 PM | Reply with quote #3 |
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Not from the wolves perspective!
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| Posted 06/18/12 at 12:06 PM | Reply with quote #4 |
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| What a horrible way to die. I would never want to work in a wild animal environment..or even perform like Sigfried and Roy...you just never know what could happen. poor woman.
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| Posted 06/18/12 at 12:15 PM | Reply with quote #5 |
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While I am sad to read that a woman lost her life caring for these wolves, I am glad to read that the wolves will not be euthanized for acting like wolves. It drives me crazy when I hear that an animal is euthanized for attacking a human...when the human is encroaching on the animal's territory. If anyone saw "Grizzly Man" - prime example. A bear attacked the "grizzly man" who was camping in his territory. Rescue workers killed the bear and confirmed that, yes, the bear did eat the grizzly man. Why did the bear have to die? Hopefully, the zoo in the article will better educate the zoo workers (and the patrons) and will realize that wolves are not domestic animals and should be treated with caution and the greatest respect.
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| Posted 06/18/12 at 01:07 PM | Reply with quote #6 |
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We kill billions of other species every year! Yes, BILLIONS!
Yet we mourn for the one.
I guess we can wrap our minds around a single injustice, but when the numbers get to unfathomable proportions, we lose our ability to relate.
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| Posted 06/18/12 at 01:20 PM | Reply with quote #7 |
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I am sure this will send a few into a frenzy, but they may want to pull a wolf out, and euthanize it to send for rabies testing, a sudden change in behavior like this could be explained by a rabies problem, it can be easily spread in zoos and wildlife areas by contact with smaller animals that make it into the enclosures, aas well as in the food supply.
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| Posted 06/18/12 at 02:18 PM | Reply with quote #8 |
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Steve - I mourn them all - to the extent killed needlessly. That was just one example.
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| Posted 06/18/12 at 02:20 PM | Reply with quote #9 |
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Quote: Today at 16:23 A WOMAN zookeeper was mauled to death by a pack of wolves as she fed them in their enclosure.
Quote: The same pack attacked TV naturalist Arne Weise when Kolmarden Wildlife Park opened in Braviken Bay, Sweden, in 2007.
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Mats Höggren, director at Kolmarden — where earlier this year a girl of 15 was bitten on the leg by a wolf — said: “This is is terrible.
"sudden change in behavior" ?? I don't think so. Incredible repeated mismanagement is what I would call it.
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| Posted 06/18/12 at 02:23 PM | Reply with quote #10 |
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Quote: but when the numbers get to unfathomable proportions, we lose our ability to relate.
Well, yes .... "unfathomable" !!!
adjective 1. not able to be fathomed, or completely understood; incomprehensible: heroism in the face of unfathomable conflict.
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