Wolf Attack

From the August 13, 2014, Telegraph:

An attack in the dead of night by a pack of hungry wolves on a village in far west China left six villagers injured. 

Four or five wolves crept into Kalazhuole village in Altay, which lies at the foot of mountains that separate China from Mongolia, looking for sheep. 

They made enough noise to wake up several families in the village, who tried to chase them away. In the subsequent fighting, six villagers were bitten or clawed. 

"I was asleep in a water pump room," said one villager named Zhao Duobai. "At around 1am, I heard a scratching at the door. When I went outside, I saw the wolves pacing around. I took a small bucket and smashed one of their heads, but it rushed at me and attacked. I grabbed a wooden plate and hit it very hard around the head and it ran away. Later, I realised I was covered in blood." 

By the time a team of 30 hunters arrived at the scene to kill the wolves, the pack had vanished.

 By "bitten or clawed" they mean that one villager had an ear bitten off and others were seriously mauled.

Notwithstanding Disney's portrayals of animals, wild animals can be dangerous--even the herbivores. Wolf attacks on villagers or travelers was not unheard of in Medieval and Renaissance Europe. The primary problem is "habituation"--the animals are around humans, fed by humans, and lose their fear of humans and/or associate people with food.

Here is another interesting article starting out discussing a pack of wolves terrorizing a Russian village in 2011, then discussing more of the characteristics of wolves.