Why do wolves eat beavers and how do they hunt them?

Wolves eat beavers because beavers are made of meat and wolves eat meat. Picky predators don't last as long as predators with broad palates. read more

Wolves rarely actively hunt beavers - beavers live in the water, not on land, and for the most part a wolf and a beaver would ignore each other. However, if a wolf stumbled upon a beaver in a vulnerable situation - i.e. far from water, in shallow water, injured - then it would kill and it like any other available game. read more

In the Bialowieza Primeval Forest (North America), wolves hunt in packs killing young deer, beavers, and wild boar piglets. In the northwestern Spain, wolves are involved in killing wild goats, dogs, and sheep. Wolves in the eastern Canadian are known to kill mule deer, elk, moose, black-tailed deer, caribou, and mountain sheep. read more