RJE
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Wow wow wowThis made for an exciting morning for me and a few pilgrims in the hills just before El Acebo today.
A Spanish lady took charge and had us sit down…not sure that was the right course of action, but it calmed him down until he moved on.
Nature is beautiful, but be mindful you are in nature.
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Nice!This made for an exciting morning for me and a few pilgrims in the hills just before El Acebo today.
A Spanish lady took charge and had us sit down…not sure that was the right course of action, but it calmed him down until he moved on.
Nature is beautiful, but be mindful you are in nature.
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Wow..... and a great close-up!This made for an exciting morning for me and a few pilgrims in the hills just before El Acebo today.
A Spanish lady took charge and had us sit down…not sure that was the right course of action, but it calmed him down until he moved on.
Nature is beautiful, but be mindful you are in nature.
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That looks exactly like our old (now deceased) German shepherd/Alsatian.This made for an exciting morning for me and a few pilgrims in the hills just before El Acebo today.
A Spanish lady took charge and had us sit down…not sure that was the right course of action, but it calmed him down until he moved on.
Nature is beautiful, but be mindful you are in nature.
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At least two of these photos are also in a FB post by someone called Ken, but maybe you are the same person @RJE or shared photos.
A healthy wild wolf would never get that close to people, they would be long gone before you'd ever even known they were there. ...
Such attacks on humans are extremely rare and most involve wolves infected with rabies, a viral disease that affects the central nervous system. A rabid wolf will typically make multiple assaults without consuming the victims.
Yes, Ken’s wife shared with me. He took the pics from a distance. I was seated with this guy 3 feet from me. Frozen.At least two of these photos are also in a FB post by someone called Ken, but maybe you are the same person @RJE or shared photos.
A healthy wild wolf would never get that close to people, they would be long gone before you'd ever even known they were there. It's a young wolf so maybe something untoward has happened to the parents who it would rely on for food. As @Bog526 says best to admire from a distance and certainly not feed it as a wolf that becomes accustomed to humans will either end up in the zoo or disappear by some other means.
A very isolated occurrence and certainly not something associated with wolves or canines in general. Currently, they think it is one individual wolf or wild dog that is responsible. We also have to remember before labeling a whole species as killers that humans are far more destructive and dangerous to each other than any wild animalThere is an recent article about wolves in India and this is the stand out comment about killing children and others. Makes you think twice about being near one.
Uttar Pradesh: The child-killing wolves sparking panic in India
Since April, wolf attacks have terrorised villages near the Nepalese border, killing nine children.www.bbc.co.uk
Articles in Spanish press are always sensationalised one way or another. It is true there are always conflicts, but unfortunately much of the time it is worth cattle left unguarded which is no longer compatible with returning wildlife - but the solution they always want is to kill the wolves as opposed to adapt in a better way. In Le Culebra where wolves clung on after been wiped out across the rest of Spain they have hardly any problems with wolves as the traditional way of tending to their animals never truly died out. Le Culebra has one of the highest densities of wolves in all of Western Europe.There was an article today in " La Voz de Galicia" about a real problem with wolves one km from O Pino ( Camino Frances). Wolves are killing a lot of cattle there.
I am in favour of wolves. Sometimes there are similar news in La Voz but I never mentioned one here. In this ocasion was becase it happened only one km from O Pino ( on the C.. Frances near Santiago) and this is a forum about the camino.Articles in Spanish press are always sensationalised one way or another. It is true there are always conflicts, but unfortunately much of the time it is worth cattle left unguarded which is no longer compatible with returning wildlife - but the solution they always want is to kill the wolves as opposed to adapt in a better way. In Le Culebra where wolves clung on after been wiped out across the rest of Spain they have hardly any problems with wolves as the traditional way of tending to their animals never truly died out. Le Culebra has one of the highest densities of wolves in all of Western Europe.
There is a much bigger problem with domestic dogs, but of course this does not sell papers.
Apologies @Pelegrin my post was in no way aimed at you. These headlines are a regularity for anyone who reads Spanish news so it would make no difference if they are posted or not. I was just trying to add a bit of context for anyone who might think Spain is becoming overrun with man-eating wolves!I am in favour of wolves. Sometimes there are similar news in La Voz but I never mentioned one here. In this ocasion was becase it happened only one km from O Pino ( on the C.. Frances near Santiago) and this is a forum about the camino.
one of my two or three favorite creatures.This made for an exciting morning for me and a few pilgrims in the hills just before El Acebo today.
A Spanish lady took charge and had us sit down…not sure that was the right course of action, but it calmed him down until he moved on.
Nature is beautiful, but be mindful you are in nature.
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I have encountered wolves in Italy several times while walking in Abruzzo and Umbria, two central Italian regions. Usually they were walking alone.I am an old Spanish mountaineer and never saw one in the wild in my life.