No rabies found in wolves blamed in teacher death

Two wolves suspected of killing a teacher outside a rural Alaska village did not have rabies, lab tests concluded Thursday. The animals were shot Monday from the air by state wildlife employees, who said they matched descriptions of the wolves seen where Candice Berner, 32, was killed while jogging last week. Berner died March 8 along a road about a mile outside Chignik Lake on the Alaska Peninsula. Microbiologists studied the brains of the wolves and found no indication of rabies, a virus that often makes animals aggressive and more likely to bite. The Department of Fish and Game is testing the wolf carcasses for other diseases, including distemper virus...more