Living on Vancouver Island, we have a lot of wildlife and a lot of hiking trails. Sometimes the two don’t mix.
One day an older woman I know was hiking just outside of town with her 3 dogs when they came into a clearing, and realized they were surrounded by a pack of wolves.
The wolves were slowly closing in around the group, when the oldest dog, a very old German Shepherd, separated himself from his companions and led the wolves away.
They got safely away, but when they came back with help they found the old dog mortally wounded. The brave old sheperd died on the way to the vet.
Now, I don’t know what had gotten into the wolves: They’re generally pretty safe to have around, in that they keep to themselves and avoid people. I expect they were simply hungry and were interested in the group because of the weak, old dog.
A sad story, for sure, but there aren’t any villians here. There is a very brave and loyal hero who gave his life to protect those he loved.
I think your pictures are wonderful, Dalstar, thanks for sharing! Northern Ontario is beautiful – one of my favourite places. Especially in the autum.
We’ve lost a cat to cougars, and one night the same summer the fattest cat suddenly bursed through the bedroom window, landing on the floor in one . motion (something I swear she wasn’t physically capable of Hell, it was hard enough for her to jump up to the window sill), and immediately after that there came this growl/snarl from right outside the windowl!
There have been no cougar or wolf incident since these. Thank god.