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Troopers test for wolf DNA at Valley business

Troopers say the roadside attraction, north of Palmer, recently billed itself online as home of "the largest wolfpack" in the state, even though it's illegal to possess wolves in Alaska without a state permit. The business holds no such permit, officials say.

Dog-wolf hybrids are illegal as pets under any circumstances.

Troopers say they also are investigating reports of attacks on kids and pets by wolf hybrids thought to have been born at Wolf Country USA.

Werner Schuster, 80, who owns the gift shop and animal enclosure with his wife, said he hasn't broken any laws.

For more than seven hours, the investigators seized documents, pictures and two or three computers, Schuster said. They also tranquilized his animals, swabbed the insides of their mouths to collect DNA and implanted the animals with microchips, he said.

"I can't see any rhyme or reason. It's just idiotic," Schuster said. "They're going to put me out of business."

DOG OR WOLF?

In particular, authorities were looking for evidence of the possession and sale of wolves and wolf hybrids as well as evidence of game meat being used as animal food, the search warrant said.

"The main reason we're here is it's a public safety issue," said trooper Lt. Bernard Chastain. "One case we had recently is we had an 8-year-old boy bit in the face, and that was a wolf hybrid."

One woman told troopers she paid the Schusters $500 for what she believed to be a purebred timber wolf, according to a trooper affidavit. Genetic testing showed the animal, which bit a person earlier this year in Chugiak, was part wolf, troopers said.

Fish and Game officials say wolf hybrids can be unpredictable and possibly more dangerous than their purebred cousins.

"In addition to having the prey drive and willingness to bite someone, they (might) lose their wariness of humans because of the dog genetics," said Fish and Game spokeswoman Cathie Harms.

Schuster said he hadn't heard the stories of hybrids attacking humans. "Just cause a wolf does something, they're going to blame all the other wolves?" he asked.

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