Re:The once-extinct aurochs may soon roam Europe again
by adrian_b on Monday February 14, 2022 @06:39AM
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Even in the presence of so-called historical records of wolf attacks, it can be very difficult to assess how many of them are true.
There are indeed many known cases when rabid wolves have attacked humans, but obviously there are far less such cases than the attacks due to rabid dogs or even rabid foxes, because there are much more dogs than wolves.
In the past, there have also been many cases when humans have died due to other causes, mainly due to cold, then wolves have eaten the dead bodies and when they were found the death has been wrongly attributed to wolves.
I have grown in an Eastern European country, with much more wolves than in any Western European country.
Nevertheless, at least during the last century, there has been known absolutely no case of a human attacked by wolves, with the exception of attacks due to solitary rabid wolves, which could be fatal when not treated immediately.
Of course there were a very large number of cases of sheep or other domestic animals which were eaten by wolves.
On the other hand, bears or wild boars will not hesitate to attack humans in certain circumstances, so they belong to a completely different group of animals from this point of view.
There are indeed many known cases when rabid wolves have attacked humans, but obviously there are far less such cases than the attacks due to rabid dogs or even rabid foxes, because there are much more dogs than wolves.
In the past, there have also been many cases when humans have died due to other causes, mainly due to cold, then wolves have eaten the dead bodies and when they were found the death has been wrongly attributed to wolves.
I have grown in an Eastern European country, with much more wolves than in any Western European country.
Nevertheless, at least during the last century, there has been known absolutely no case of a human attacked by wolves, with the exception of attacks due to solitary rabid wolves, which could be fatal when not treated immediately.
Of course there were a very large number of cases of sheep or other domestic animals which were eaten by wolves.
On the other hand, bears or wild boars will not hesitate to attack humans in certain circumstances, so they belong to a completely different group of animals from this point of view.