fights back

She fights back by not being “what people expect. Why should I live up to other people's expectations instead of my own?”

"If you find that the problem is hard and you're stuck, that means it's a good problem. Fan Chung said a good problem fights back. You can't expect it just to reveal itself."

The wolves are likely also running the same calculations when deciding whether to drive off a grizzly and risk injuring members of the pack if the animal fights back, she adds.

A legal ruling recently brought the fights back after a nearly two-year ban, only for a different judge to crack down on Wednesday in response to an animal rights petition.

But that might be a difficult case to prove when Kliavkoff inevitably fights back.