How far would you go to save a wolf?

How do you mean?

There is an awful story in the Theberges' book on Algonquin about a wolf whom they had radio-collared. They were following his signal one day and found that he was close at hand. Then they saw him - he was caught in a strangling snare which had broken, wrapped itself around his hind leg, and snagged again in a bush.

They didn't have any equipment for handling wolves. All they could do was try to set him free with their bare hands. Mary distracted the wolf and John untied him. He was obviously too paralysed with fear to attack them. He ran off. Tragically a year later he died in another trap - one of many victims of the then Ontario govt's refusal to ban wolf killing in that area.

The Theberges were lucky; they just got attacked in the trapping community's magazine as "thieves" for robbing the trapper of that wolf's carcass. One guy in Alaska got jailed for a similar rescue.

Well.....ifI knew that because of my actions that it would beyond a shadow of a doubt live and then die many years later because of old age then I would even probebly risk my own life for one. Now, granted, we never knowwhat we would do in a situation until we experiance it but still I would probably say that I would do anything in my power to save it even if that means my own life.

I'm not sure what I mean; I guess just how far would you go, just how far. Not to sure about limitations, just be realistic I guess.

Anyway, I'll post my explanation here sometime later though.

How far would i go to save a wolf, i would put my own life in danger, and it doesn't matter what kind. i had a post like this on another forum. I'm not going to fly to Alaska and put my life in danger, but if i ever saw a wolf in danger i would help it even if it means i would get hurt

Know i have to say this, i just read Eve's reply, and thaught to myself thats true you don't actually know what you will do until you are in that situation, but i still think i would put my life in danger.

Oh yeah; you were the one that made this post at wolf web. I knew that's where I got the idea from but I forgot that it was you that made it.

Anyway, I guess I'll post what I would do.

I would step in front of a gun to save a wolf from being shot. 'Steal' traps or break them to save a wolf. And, I would jump for a wolf that would happen to be in the danger of a car inident in an attempt to push it out of the way; regardless of what happens to me.

I know someone who did do that actually - stood between a fox and a relation of hers who wanted to shoot it.

Roads are different. I understand how you feel - I've witnessed too many dead foxes, including one of my own. You can read the story, if you wish, under the

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(it's 18th May) on my site. As I state there, I was an unwilling witness to an accident which killed a wolf in Canada in 2004, which was one the most unpleasant eye-openers to the scale of Alberta's road problem imaginable. I don't like talking about, hence I haven't directly mentioned it on here before.

Desperation can make a person do many things. Some wildlife accidents have been caused by people out of their cars (wildlife runs from the people into danger). I don't want to sound patronising because I'm sure all you guys would use common sense, if you're ever unlucky enough to find yourself in this kind of situation. But, I thought it worth repeating anyway...take care of yourselves. If you get hurt, then what's going to happen to an animal you're trying to rescue?

I would no doubt do what that person did; especially if it was a sibiling, 'cause I doubt a sibiling would still hunt the wolf after I stood between them. At least I hope.

I've witnessed a lot of road kills as well. Recently, I've seen a dead cat (up close, it wasn't all that pleasant to see the pool of blood it was lying in) and a racoon in the same day I think; the same week at most. Squirells litter the streets here. Deer lie everywhere in Salt Lake, Utah. I'm thankful that I never seen a fox on the side of the road with my own eyes (I've seen pictures). But another things that I noticed is that there are no foxes around me at all, they live more on the outskirts of all these six cities or so that are here where I live. The foxes that could have been in here, around me, are probably all dead or chasen out because I've seen lots of gardens around here and livestock which people find a juicy opprutunity to poison the foxes.

i guess i would go to the point right before someone could get hurt. I personally ont want to get hurt nor do i want anyone else to, but i would do what i could to help and or save a wolf

Some just value the life of a wolf more than others and think of all the possibilties of the situation which they are usually sure that nothing too bad would happen to themselves.

As for me, I agree with WF in that I would stand between a gun and a wolf; who would pull the trigger still after that?

I would save the wolf. Even if it meant giving up my own life. Wolves, wildlife in general, is more important to me than anything else in the world. ^^

I'd do whatever I can to save as many wolves as possible.

I agree with Huskian, do whatever it takes to save as many as possible.

not as far as for a fox but pretty darn far