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Big Game Hunting => Wolves => Topic started by: JDHasty on May 05, 2017, 08:27:18 AM

Title: Wolf attacks give cows 'PTSD-like' symptoms, study finds
Post by: JDHasty on May 05, 2017, 08:27:18 AM: http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2017/05/wolf_attacks_give_cows_ptsd_st.html#incart_river_home

Cows whose herd comes under attack by wolves remember the experience and show symptoms similar to post-traumatic stress disorder, Oregon researchers say.

That's according to a study from Oregon State University and publicized Thursday. Reinaldo Cooke, an associate professor and animal scientist based in Burns, conducted the research, which appeared in the Journal of Animal Science in late March.

When wolves attack a herd of cattle, Cooke said in an interview Thursday, the surviving animals' life experience is "completely altered" by the event. Animals become jumpier around humans and pets, the cows give birth to smaller calves, and the animals are more likely to get sick.
Title: Re: Wolf attacks give cows 'PTSD-like' symptoms, study finds
Post by: Skyvalhunter on May 05, 2017, 09:32:02 AM: They give me PTSD symptoms also I think I need to sue the state for allowing them to populate and affect the animals I love to hunt
Title: Re: Wolf attacks give cows 'PTSD-like' symptoms, study finds
Post by: wolfbait on May 07, 2017, 07:54:44 PM: How many years down the road will it be that WDF&Wolves will do the same study?

Cows that have had wolves after them are just about impossible to work with dogs. :bash: