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EARTHDATE: February 13, 2011

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REAL LIFE NEWS: 400 WOLVES TERRORIZE RUSSIAN TOWN

by Hazed

A super-pack of 400 bloodthirsty wolves has been terrifying a Russian town, and the beasts have reportedly killed more than 30 horses in just four days.

A wolfpack this size is almost unheard of - most wolves hunt in small groups of six or seven. But the population of rabbits, which is their usual food supply, has decreased this year due to the harsh Siberian winter, so the wolves have had to change their behaviour to compensate.

Wolves are economical animals, who are careful to choose the most nutritious food source which they can obtain easily without danger. Now the rabbits are in short supply, that turns out to be the horses in the village of Verkhoyansk. It has a population of 1,300, and is one of the coldest and remotest places in the northern hemisphere.

In response, the district officials are putting together 24 teams of armed hunters, who will patrol the neighbourhood on snowploughs and set wolf traps. There's a bounty of £210 for every wolf skin they bring in.

Given the monetary incentive I would imagine the superpack's days are numbered!


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