I read an interesting article on hunting and wolves and wolves beginning to lose their fear of humans in Sports Illustrated of all places and the opening part of the article was about 2 wolves hunting down to hikers in Canada and though they were able to fend them off and slowly walk backwards to camp using a stick,the wolves followed most of the way...hunting them. I believe that wolves for the most part will leave a human alone, but as less people hunt them, and more wolves and more people butt heads and territory these numbers will rise. Also, read a lot about hounds getting attacked in wisconsin...that was in several outdoor magazines this past year.