BOWLER, Wis. (WSAU) — Wolf attacks on livestock and pets are on the rise, and more people are calling for more wolf population management. One of the people looking for a change is Mandy Onesti from the Bowler area, who told WAOW television her 2-year-old Jack Russell Terrier mix dog was attacked by a wolf. She saw the wolf drop her dog from its mouth. She says the dog ran home, but died from its injuries.
Onesti told WAOW television she is upset and worried this could happen again. “I’m not in wood cover, I’m surrounded by hay field for the most part,” Onesti said. “He had to come out of any cover he had to come to my house and get my dog. That’s what bothers me, I have three little kids.”
USDA wildlife biologists say they get around 5 calls a year about pets being killed by wolves.
State Senator Tom Tiffany of Hazelhurst is pushing for a Great Lakes Wolf Summit to focus on the necessity for state-led wolf management programs, and the importance of overturning a Michigan federal judge’s order placing wolves back on the Endangered Species List.
