It is interesting that you should raise the point.
I am also very interested in the autopsy report though the corpse would hardly have been rotting - between the last minute when the victim was seen alive and when his body was found the interval was around 2-3 hours no more.
There is something grotesque about the whole affair - however it does seem that three months after the incident there is still no available autopsy report at least not publically and probably not to his family either (I took the time to read through the site they set up especially to mourn).
Given the great impact that the media has given this affair (apparently there have been 20 or so articles published) and the influence it is already having (many groups are already taking a stance of the issue - even Dr. Mech has had statements to say in this matter) it is unlikely that an unbiased autopsy report will ever be released - if it was to be released it would have happened by now.
The death of the young student was tragic - regardless of whether he was killed by the wolves or died through some other mishap does not detract from the tragedy of the incident.
It is also tragic that wolves will suffer for this in the end - regardless of the outcome of the autopsy. Three of the four wolves assiciated with the incident have already been shot - while it can be argued that it would be safe to shoot those animals responsible (if indeed they were responsible) wolves across the globe will pay for this - now everyone will look back to this incident and point to the wolf as a real man killer.
It is I suppose ironic - one man allegedly killed by wolves and wolves across the world will suffer. Yet how many men have been killed by other men and what happens then?
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