Teacher likely killed by wolves, troopers say
Candice Berner, 32, appeared to have been killed Monday evening during a run along a remote road outside the Alaska Peninsula community, according to troopers.
The state medical examiner concluded, following an autopsy Thursday morning, that the cause of death was "multiple injuries due to animal mauling." Based on interviews with biologists and villagers in Chignik Lake, troopers concluded wolves were the animals most likely responsible, troopers spokeswoman Megan Peters said in a statement.
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Berner, a special education teacher based in Perryville, was originally from Slippery Rock, Pa., and arrived in Alaska last August. She stood about 4 feet 11 inches tall and was an athletic person, an avid runner, according to her family. Officials from the Lake and Peninsula School District said Berner, who rotated among five villages and arrived in Chignik Lake on Monday, left work at the end of the day to go for a run.
A group of snowmachiners found her a short time later. Her gloves were in the road and Berner's body had been dragged off the road down a hill.
2 comments:
We have always been taught that wolves don't kill people..looks as if that might be changing.
BTW, I am enjoying your Iditarod coverage very much even if I don't comment every day.
Regarding Ms. Berner: she was jogging along a trail, and was apparently attacked from behind by two (or possibly three) wolves. The unwillingness of the greenies to allow wolf hunting is responsible for an expanded population, and the moose and caribou herds are so thin that the wolves are now seeking other food.
Ms. Berner was still alive as she was dragged about 100 feet, as the blood trail attests. It's also clear that she fought back the best she could, but was unarmed - an error that cost her her life. While my heart goes out to her father - and her students & co-workers - she failed to learn the lesson that humans are NOT at the top of the food chain, here.
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