European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 14, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Dog or Wolf Alaska May ban hybrid k her kind. By Michael o. Fowler associated press writer Essie is a canine that can to be Housebroken won t fetch and killed a 4-week-old infant. Her owner loves her would t buy another like her and thinks the state of Alaska should ban the state May her kind Are. Once it figures out what Kessie and prompted by the increasing popularity of hybrid wolves the Alaska department of fish and game is consulting lawyers with an Eye toward regulating a perhaps even Banning a the Breeding Sale and ownership of the dog wolves. Quot the current Law says it is illegal to own a Wolf and Legal to own a dog Quot said Phil Koehl. A wildlife biologist with the Agency in Juneau. A the question is whether it is a Wolf or a dog a the state Board of game could take up the question of hybrids when it meets this fall Koehl said. He said the Breed s increasing popularity a and not the rare incident of violence a is prompting the department s look into regulation. Bui officials in the Matsu Borough Center of much of the state s hybrid Breeding said there s a problem with vaccinating the hybrids against rabies and the Borough is considering local regulation. Burton Gore state veterinarian in Palmer said National veterinary associations recommend against vaccinating Quot wildlife because it s unclear whether hybrids Are dog or Wolf its unknown whether the vaccine works on them. Barbara Heikes alts with Kaasala a hybrid Wolf that Kellad a 4-week-old baby in Alaska. At least a half dozen breeders in the state sell hybrids ranging they say up to 98 percent Wolf. Nationwide the number of hybrids has been estimated As High As 500,000 a a popularity hybrid owners and breeders say spurred by the Wolf dogs Beauty and especially by their mystique. Mystique is the wrong reason to buy an animal whose instincts and personality Are wild said Barbara Heikes of Wasilla Alaska owner of the animal involved in a rare but widely publicized incident last year Quot the combination of the dog and the Wolf personalities produces a very volatile personality Quot said Heikes who bought Kessie for her Beauty Quot people who own hybrids Are All a Little strange Quot she said. Quot the hybrids Are getting a bad shake because the wrong people own them. I really would like to see the state Stop the Breeding and Selling of hybrids Quot Heikes had Given Kessie away but got her Back alter she killed 4-week-old David Paul Mahler. The baby s Mother. Linda Borer was visiting Kessier a second owner and offered the child to a pregnant Kessie to lick. Kessie who Heikes said was in the midst of a difficult labor grabbed the infant by the head puncturing its soft Skull. Authorities decided not to prosecute. Mother wolves carry their pups by the head and the Wolf dog did t bite the child Heikes said. Bui the incident underscores her argument that essentially wild animals should t be pets she said a a Wolf is naturally timid 1 she said. A dogs Are much More aggressive. The More dog in a hybrid the More vulnerable it is to bite out of fear or aggression hybrids Are incredibly  Werner schuster who said his Wolf country Usa North of Palmer is the world s largest hybrid Breeding operation argued that the differences Between wolves and dogs Are situational and dietary. A a Wolf in the wild is a Wolf. A Wolf in Captivity is a dog it ceases to be a Wolf when it leaves the wild Quot he said. A we feed them dry dog food Quot schuster said pointing to the 80 or so hybrids that roam to the ends of 15-foot chains attached to log Doghouse. A if we fed them raw meat they d revert to being  schuster said he Sells hybrids for $100 to $1,500 buyers he said get Good pets. Quot can you House break them you bet. They House break themselves. They re easily trained if you re willing to work at it. They la Roll Over fetch jump in the air Quot he opposes Banning the Breed but agreed that Quot certain kinds Quot of people should not buy hybrids and said he won t sell to them one of those is the Macho kind. Quot hell say he used to have a Wolf and it killed three other dogs and he wants another one Quot schuster said. Quot we say  Heikes said her Wolf dog is Beautiful a but not a pet. It lives in a 20-by-20 Chain link Kennel. A a in a glad i got Kessie but i  get another hybrid Quot she said. Quot it takes so much Effort. You can t House break them you can t turn them Loose in the Yard to play or fetch Sticks because if they decided they wanted to go for a walk they would just Start walking and  action line3 lines wont work in new 4-line address we lie in the process of sending change of address Nolius All Over the world to comply with the new address issued us by our Apo. How Are Wolo fit our now tour line address with those businesses organizations which Only use a three line format Many forms Bills order Blanks and reprinted address labels used by those who communicate with us by mail will Only lit three lines of address. 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