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Man claims shooting of wolf
was in self-defense Originally published here
as: SALMON, IDAHO -- A central Idaho man says he killed a protected gray wolf
last month after it threatened him and his wife. Tim Sundles of Carmen stunned the crowd at a Tuesday wolf hearing attended by
U.S. Sen. Michael Crapo, R-Idaho, when he admitted shooting the wolf in the
Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness three weeks ago. Sundles said several wolves showed up in his camp and harassed his horses. He
drove them away, but they returned two hours later. One was particularly
aggressive. "I shot at him to scare him. That wolf -- there was no hesitation
whatsoever -- turned on me and my wife," Sundles said. "He came in and
I fired four rounds. He came within 10 feet of me, he circled around me and came
around the back side of my wife, where I killed him. "I've never made it a secret that I'm anti-wolf," Sundles added.
"But this has nothing to do with those beliefs." Paul Weyland, special agent at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service office in
Boise, said the matter is under investigation. Gray wolves are protected under the Endangered Species Act, but Idaho's
wolves were reintroduced under an "experimental, non- essential"
status. "You can kill an endangered species to protect human life," Weyland
said. Under federal rules, anyone who kills a wolf in self-defense must report it
within 24 hours. This is the first report of a wolf killed in self- defense
since their return in 1995, Weyland said. Wolf attacks on humans are extremely rare, said Suzanne Laverty, Northwest
field representative for Defenders of Wildlife. "As far as I know, there has not been a case of a wild, healthy wolf
attacking any (human) in North America," she said. Laverty said she has a "healthy skepticism" of Sundles' claim. "This would be a highly uncommon thing, if it happened," she said. In 1996, a sheepherder reported a wolf lunged at him before four Great
Pyrenees guard dogs drove it away. This happened near Warm Lake. COMMENTARY In the article about the wolf
kill, Suzanne Laverty, Northwest field representative for Defenders of Wildlife
says "...."As far as I know, there has not been a case of a wild,
healthy wolf attacking any (human) in North America..." WOLF ATTACKS 6-YEAR-OLD NEAR
YAKUTAT SLEEPING CAMPER ATTACKED BY
WOLF and WOLVES LOSING FEAR This last article closes with
the statement: "....There is no way to tell when a habituated wolf loses
its fear of humans. Fortunately, state wildlife biologists said, that isn't much
of a threat in most of Alaska. In the Bush, they noted, a "fearless
wolf" almost always becomes a wolf hide. That could explain, they add, why
attacks like that on John Stenglein have been virtually unheard of in Alaska in
the past 50 years..." NOTICE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is
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