It's 50/50. I've never seen a wolf stalk a bear at random. There has almost always been a carcass involved. Healthy wolves really wouldn't attack a human or their dog at random, most are provoked. The wolf at the end could have been submissive knowing the elder wolf was coming. As far as his attack it was a captive wolf which behave differently from wild ones. Hybrids are aggressive, but I think it is more environment. Animals have been getting agress. due to habitat loss and invasive species.
It’s true that a carcass are usually involved, but wolf/bear conflicts also happen without a carcass. For instance, wolves will stalk a mother bear to try to kill her cub(s).
And do we know if these wolves that stalked that black bear had a carcass or pups they were defending? Nope.Casey should have investigated that, or at least mentioned it as a possibility.Â
Of course healthy wolves are provoked in some way when they chose to attack dogs or humans. Have I said anything that made you think I meant otherwise?
That’s a possibility, but I still don’t think that was the reason for the wolf’s behaviour. My point anyway, was that he talked about the wolf as if it had this fearless attitude, and that this was a wolf to fear, when it clearly found the situation uncomfortable.
I think we are talking about two different attacks. Casey’s attack was by a captive wolf, yes. The kayaker was attacked by one of the wild coastal wolves.Â
