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Farmer kills rabid wolf

At three in the night on April 13th, 1997, a wolf attacked a chained dog at a farm house, after previously killing and wounding two other dogs in the same night in the neighbourhood. The farmer (71 years) rushed out of the house when he heard the noise and, as because of the night assumed that the attacking animal was a dog. He grabbed a wooden pole and tried to chase it away but the wolf attacked and wounded his leg slightly. The man succeeded, in a first attempt, to hit the wolfs head and knocked it down. Then he took a heavier pole, hit the animal several more times and finally pierced it with a hay-fork. After the veterinary examination the wolf (about four year old male) was found to be rabid and the farmer received treatment against rabies. Beside this one, three other wolves were positive for rabies in 1984, 1992, and 1996, respectively. The last two incidents occurred in Dalmatia, the south of Croatia.

wolf; rabies; Croatia

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