It's private land and my dog wasn't five miles out in the woods chasing deer or anything. Wisconsin has an estimated 150 wolves, generally descendants from strays that have wandered into the state from Minnesota, the DNR says. There is a pack roaming near Black River Falls a few miles north of Pierce's cranberry bogs, the department says. The pack's territory includes Jackson State Forest and wooded cranberry-growing country. Wolves can provide a service for cranberry farmers by controlling the populations of beaver and deer that invade the bogs, Wydeven said.
Timber wolves are a protected species.
Pierce said it sounds as though the law is on the side of the wolf. Wolves are leery of humans, Dietz said. Cringer's encounter has generated debate in Tomah, Ms. Anderson said. And unfortunately, many times it's a little dog that thinks it's a big dog and will pick on a big dog until the big dog retaliates. All rights reserved.