List of wolf attacks in North America Non-fatal attacks Non-fatal attacks

| Victims | Age | Gender | Date_ | Type_of_attack | Location_ | Details | Sources_ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Dusiac, Railwayman |  | ♂ | December 29, 1942 | Possibly rabid | Poulin, Ontario, Canada | Riding a small rail vehicle called a speeder when a wolf leaped at him and bit his sleeve, knocking him down and knocking the vehicle off the track. Dusiac kept the wolf at bay for more than 25 minutes with an ax. He managed to hit the wolf repeatedly but not squarely enough. The wolf was not deterred by an approaching train which stopped to help Dusiac. Several railwaymen came running, but the wolf would not retreat. The men killed the wolf with picks and shovels. The carcass was inspected by a biologist, and it appeared healthy. However, Rutter and Pimlot reviewed the case in 1968 and concluded that it must have been rabid because of the sustained and determined nature of the attack. |  |
| Zacarias Hugo | 14 | ♂ | 1943 | Possibly rabid | Etivluk River, Alaska, USA | While hunting caribou, Zacarias heard a sound, turned and saw a large black wolf coming for him. It knocked him down and bit his arm, so he could not use his rifle. It bit his legs, back, arm and neck and dragged him 18 metres before abandoning the attack and disappearing. He walked back to camp, but had lost a lot of blood, mostly from his forearm. His caribou skin Anorak protected him from greater injury or even death, but may have contributed to the attack if it caused the wolf to mistake him for a caribou. This attack had long been classified as rabid because it occurred during an epizootic of the disease in that area and because Zac`s father, Inualuruk, tracked the wolf and observed to have been walking at times in the splayed manner of a sick animal. However, neither the fact that the attack was abandoned in the way it was, nor the fact that Zacarias never developed the disease is not consistent with rabies. |  |