page_title: Wolf attack
section_title: Notable cases
hierarchical_section_title: Wolf attack / Notable cases
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: La bête du Gévaudan, gravure à l'eau-forte
context_page_description: Wolf attacks are injuries to humans or their property by any subspecies of wolf. Their frequency varies with geographical location and historical period. Gray wolf attacks are rare because wolves are often subsequently killed, or even extirpated in reaction by human beings. As a result, wolves today tend to live mostly far from people or have developed the tendency and ability to avoid them. The country with the most extensive historical records is France, where nearly 7,600 fatal attacks were documented from 1200 to 1920. There are few historical records or modern cases of wolf attacks in North America. In the half-century up to 2002, there were eight fatal attacks in Europe and Russia, three in North America, and more than 200 in south Asia. Experts categorize wolf attacks into various types, including rabies-infected, predatory, agonistic, and defensive.
context_section_description: Beast of Gévaudan (France)
  Kenton Carnegie wolf attack (Canada)
  Kirov wolf attacks (Russia)
  Patricia Wyman wolf attack (Canada)
  Wolf of Ansbach (Germany)
  Wolf of Gysinge (Sweden)
  Wolf of Soissons (France)
  Wolves of Turku (Finland)
caption: Engraving depicting the beast of Gévaudan (1764)
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