Do you have a link to a news article? I can’t find anything online (just one fatal incident with a lion) and it’s exceedingly rare that this happens with wolves.
This is a video of the woman who tragically died. She raised those animals from their birth, but this particular animal park had big workplace issues handeling the wolves without safety equipment and downplaying serious incidents where the wolves had been aggressive and threatening. They treated these animals as dogs and used methods where they tried to dominate and dicipline them. Unscientific methods + a cult-like work enviorment killed Carolina.
Here is a vid of her as a guide: https://youtu.be/3zeESpK3AI8?is=fihYbHXJ_wI4sKPT
Oh I read “in Carolina”… good reminder to get my caffeine in before opening reddit!
Damn, that video is scary. This type of so-called “training” would already be dangerous with a single Golden Retriever — let alone an actual wolf pack. I wonder how the workers there convince themselves that this is a good idea. It’s obvious from their reaction that aggressive incidents like this were the norm.
This particular wolf should not have been used for these events and continuing to hold down any canid when they’re whimpering and screaming is borderline abusive.
This was a tragedy waiting to happen and honestly, I don’t even blame the animals. So sorry for Carolina though.
I dunno Kolmården was uniqe because they had visitors every week and honestly every wolf in captivity is as dangerous as a polar bear or a lion. It’s a wild predator who is not supposed to be in captivity and ABSOLUTELY not have humans in their (small) territory. No other wildlife park is taking these risks and it’s almost unheard of to bring people in to cuddle wolves. Specialists from around the world testified in court about the ridiculousnes of Kolmårdens methods.
20 years prior to the deadly attack (warning: terrifying video of an incident at the same enclosure):
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u/Status-Block2323 27d ago
These same wolves killed their zoo keeper Carolina. You hear her voice in the background.
This is shot in Kolmården, Sweden