Dog killed by wolves in Metlakatla was defending its family, owner says

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https://alaskapublic.org/2022/08/19/dog-killed-by-wolves-in-metlakatla-was-defending-its-family-owner-says/

Dog killed by wolves in Metlakatla was defending its family, owner says

By Raegan Miller, KRBD - Ketchikan -August 19, 2022

Rosco, a ridgeback-mastiff mix, died defending Brittany Hayward and her daughter at Moss Point. Rosco had three legs and was seven or eight years old. (Brittany Hayward)

Something didn’t feel right when Brittany Hayward and her teenage daughter arrived at Moss Point, near the Southeast Alaska community of Metlakatla.

“I had asked my daughter, you know, ‘Where are the birds? Why are there no birds, there’s no noise,’” Hayward said. And, you know, she kind of joked and was like ‘The Kushtaka’s watching us’ and, and I was like, ‘No, you know, something doesn’t, something doesn’t feel right, I feel like we’re being watched.’”

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