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497. Can the Big Bad Wolf Save Your Life?

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Are American Wolfe More Polite Than the Early Wolfe?

The occurrences of people being killed by wolves in the united states are extremely rare. One recent study found fewer than 500 total attacks on humans, the vast majority of them from rabbid wolves. In the us, wolves kill fewer people than bears, mountain lions or snakes. But even dogs kill about 30 people a year in the us. Although there are an estimated 77 million dogs in the us and only 55 hundred wolves.

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