How does the wolf hunt?

The leopard lurks in ambush for its prey and suddenly strikes. The tiger sneaks up on its prey alone, lions in the group. The cheetah runs down its prey, Hyenas crack the bones of dead animals, that other hunters have killed, and jackals also feed much on carrion. The fox catches mice, the bear mainly eats herbs and berries and the lynx almost exclusively kills deer here.
Each predator specializes in a specific way of hunting and a specific prey. Just not the wolf. He's in ambush, rushes, catches mice and loves to eat blueberries, hunts the wild as well as the tame animals, in a group or alone. He kills deer and sheep by biting their throats, he presses the hare to death and chases and surrounds the deer or the elk for a long time, until his victim collapses from exhaustion. He is the true all-rounder among the predators, the, who masters all hunting methods, although none as perfect as the specialists.
This has to do with the habitat of the wolf, where there are far fewer prey animals than, say, on the savannahs of Africa, where most of the large predators live. A wolf would wait for a reindeer in the tundra like the leopard waits for the gazelle in the Serengeti, he would have to starve. Rather, he must seize every opportunity, to be successful in the hunt.
How hard that can be, observed an American wildlife biologist. He reconstructed 160 Encounters between a wolf pack and its most important prey, the moose. The pack consisted of 15 animals, but mostly only six to seven adult animals took part in the hunt. Of the 160 have moose 40 the wolves were spotted in time and fled, 24 mostly strong bulls simply stood still, whereupon the wolves left them alone. Of the 96 moose, who fled, became 53 caught by the wolves. of which remained 12 stand again, 34 ran away from the wolves. Only seven moose were really attacked and injured. One escaped injured and six were eventually killed. That's really not a particularly good result. Still, it's worth the hunt, because a big elk brings so much meat, that the whole pack can live on it for many days.
Other packs with different prey have different success rates. In the case of deer, they are usually somewhat higher, for bison and wisent about the same as for elk and even lower for reindeer. But these come in large herds and then there is almost always a weak animal with them, that the wolves can tear. Wolves always test their prey. Are they too fast or too defensive?, give up soon, move on and try their luck elsewhere.
Mostly become young, sick or weak animals torn. This prevents the wolves, that their prey proliferate and the forest or tundra, where they find their food, eat bare. They keep the stocks of their prey healthy and contribute to it, that only the strong animals survive and multiply.
Wolves usually run at a trot during their migrations and lay something 8 km per hour return. They usually are 6 or 7 hours on the way. Eat the rest of the time, play or sleep.
Only when wolves hunt or are hunted, are they faster. Her top speed is about 50 to 60 kilometers per hour. They can only sustain such a pace over short distances.