Guest Commentary: Wolf Activity Near Highway 97 Raises Public Safety Concerns

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  Arend Thomas

  November 18, 2025 at 9:44 am

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  While I sympathize with ranchers loosing cattle to wolves, there is some gross misinformation and sensationalism in this article. Harris implies that the wolves are killing cattle out of viciousness and bloodlust, and are not eating them. Wolves will kill more than they can eat at once, but return to the kills over days or weeks and even cache the kills for eating months later when food is scarce. Harris also states that wolves are a danger to public safety and implies that it is only a matter of time before they attack children at the rest area, the big bad wolf of fairytales. Harris, as a county supervisor, should not be stirring up public hysteria.

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  Séamas G-M

  November 23, 2025 at 3:36 pm

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  In North America, fatal wolf attacks on humans are “exceedingly rare,” although non-fatal incidents and attacks in specific regions like Canada and Alaska have been documented.
  Still, people like Supervisor Harris will stop at nothing to raise the level of hysteria here in Siskiyou.