2-16 SS Wolf/Teacher

 Most generalizations can be challenged but here’s one that can’t. Write any story about wolves and you will get a response. Last week I did a couple of stories about a female guide in Idaho who claimed a wolf attacked her in her camp. She was fortunate to have been armed and averted being harmed. I heard about the story secondhand and was asked to check it out. I have a long relationship with former fish and game employee, now retired, Ed Bangs. I called Ed up and basically, during the course of the conversation, Ed was totally resolved that wolves do not attack people. This is why we have a website, aginfo.net. It gives people a chance to respond to stories. Well, what a response I got from a listener named Ron Prentice who e-mailed me. Here is his opening line: I have been a hunting guide in Idaho, Montana, Wyoming and hunted in Alaska. Please "Google" wolf attack of Alaska school teacher and you will see the truth. I took Mr. Prentice’s advice and I Googled. An article came up in the Los Angeles times and it said: Hunters were combing the snowy brush around Chignik Lake, Alaska in an attempt to hunt down up to four wolves that killed a 32-year-old special education teacher in the first known fatal wolf attack in the U.S. in modern times. The article was dated March of 2010 and substantiates the fact that wolves will attack human beings. I stand corrected and will share a phone call with Mr. Prentice tomorrow.