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To: Dale Baker who wrote (65365)	5/12/2008 2:08:57 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541991

I am relying on decades of relatively sensible legislation and jurisprudence, so I don't give up on the idea that someone with a protection against harm in one state isn't stomped on just over the nearest state line. All rights aren't protections against harm. Some rights, as the term has morphed, are entitlements. Re sensible jurisprudence, I'll remind you of that when they give the right to life to a fetus. Or take away property rights in favor of industrial complexes. Oops, they already did the latter.

To: Dale Baker who wrote (65365)	5/12/2008 4:28:33 PM
From: Sawdusty	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 541991

You mention a resident fox. We have many transient animals regularly in our yard, bears, fox, deer, even moose. This morning though was a shock. For back ground, we are in the country, surrounded by trees with a couple of acres of lawn, surrounded by an invisible fence for the dog. I was catching up on the news with my morning coffee just before 6:30 when my shepherd went nuts by the back door. I could tell by her tone that she was really disturbed so I rushed out...and for the very first time saw a wolf, maybe 40 feet from the house. I didn't dare open the door or my dog would charge out so I went to another room and went out on the deck to yell at the wolf. It ran a few feet and then slowly walked out the driveway, stopping for a minute and calmly looking at me over it's shoulder before rounding a bend and going out of sight. About 8:30 my dog was outside and I heard her barking so I looked through the patio door, only to see her stopped at the line where our invisible fence is and the wolf just a few feet away from her with it's haunches a bit in the air. I ran out yelling at my dog and the wolf turned and ran across the lawn in the other direction.....my dog right after it. I was really scared for my dog, although she is a large shepherd, but wolves have quite a reputation, so I kept moving toward them and yelling. My dog hit the wolf, knocking it down and it looked to me it assumed a bit of submissive posture. By now I had the dogs attention and the wolf scurried off into the trees, gone forever after a bad experience, so I thought. After working in the yard until about mid morning my wife and I, along with the dog went into the house. The damned wolf then sauntered across the lawn again. I'm guessing it had been watching us from cover. Sure hope it finds another place to hang out, but for the life of me, I cannot understand it's actions. In 28 years in this location I have only seen a couple of them, and that is usually fleeting, as they tend to shy from humans. Also strange that it showed no aggression to my dog.