A Dangerous Mix: Garbage, wolves and death
Wolves were seen around Points North Landing in the days before Kenton Carnegie died. If wolves killed Ontario university student Kenton Carnegie, lax environmental regulations may have played a role in the tragedy, a CBC investigation indicates.
Documents obtained by the CBC show that Saskatchewan Environment Department officials have been concerned about an illegal garbage dump near the Points North Landing mining camp – a dump that wolves have been regularly visiting. The department confirms it has been trying to do something about the dump for years.
Wolves are fearsome predators but are naturally shy around humans. The province's Environment Department and other experts say there are no documented cases of healthy wolves killing a human in the wild in North America, although non-fatal attacks have been reported. (To put that in perspective, more than 300 people have died in North America in the past quarter century in attacks by domestic dogs.)
Wolves, humans and garbage are a dangerous mix.
Read the full report at CBC News Online:
CBC News Online
Documents obtained by the CBC show that Saskatchewan Environment Department officials have been concerned about an illegal garbage dump near the Points North Landing mining camp – a dump that wolves have been regularly visiting. The department confirms it has been trying to do something about the dump for years.
Wolves are fearsome predators but are naturally shy around humans. The province's Environment Department and other experts say there are no documented cases of healthy wolves killing a human in the wild in North America, although non-fatal attacks have been reported. (To put that in perspective, more than 300 people have died in North America in the past quarter century in attacks by domestic dogs.)
Wolves, humans and garbage are a dangerous mix.
Read the full report at CBC News Online:
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