One week after a pack of wolves attacked and killed a special education teacher out for a jog, authorities continue to track the animals.
No wolves have been sighted yet and a preliminary search was only able to locate old tracks, said Jennifer Yuhas, a spokesperson for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.
Heavy snow over the weekend covered the wolves' tracks and made hunting difficult. Yuhas said the hunt for the wolves will likely improve once the wolves make tracks on the fresh snow, and Fish and Game employees will go back out this evening to continue tracking the wolves.
Candice Berner was a 32-year-old special education teacher from Slippery Rock, Pa. On March 8 a group of snowmachiners found Berner's body near Chignik Lake. After an autopsy Alaska State Troopers said the most likely cause of death was wolf attack.
Chignik Lake, about 475 miles southwest of Anchorage, is home to about 100 people, according to a state Web site.