A wolf attacked two motorists at mile 37 of the Dalton Highway on Aug. 19, as the two people were stopped in a construction zone and had stepped out of their vehicle while waiting for the pilot car. They were bit on their lower extremities, before the wolf fled to the nearby woods after being shot at by another motorist. The wolf was not believed to have been struck.
Both people had puncture wounds and returned to Fairbanks for medical care. The Alaska Wildlife Troopers were unable to locate the wolf and notified Alaska Department of Fish and Game.
There was no indication that the people were feeding the wolf and the Troopers made no statement about whether the wolf exhibited signs of rabies.
The gray wolf has the strongest bite pressure of any canid, reaching up to 1200 lbs/square inch (PSI), according to Seacrest Wolf Preserve’s website: “Muscles that control a wolf’s jaw are enough to bite through bones.”
