Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-06-20 | Page 9 | Coyote Bites Sheep and Rabies Ensues

COYOTE BITES SHEEP AND RABIES ENSUES Twenty Infected Ewes Fight Shearers; Axe Slain as Safety Measure. Armed with a rifle, but with only one cartridge to his name, a sheepherder three weeks ago chased a coyote which had bitten twenty valuable ewes belonging belong-ing to Walter James of Black'Rock. Millard Mil-lard county. The sheepherder failed to "get" the coyote, because he was too nimble. Armed with sharp-pointed shearing shears, several sheep shearers three weeks later were chased by twenty ewes. The ewes failed to "get" the sheep shearers shear-ers because they were too nimble. And thereby hangs a tale of rabies. Thomas Redmond, secretary of the state livestock commission, yesterday received re-ceived word from Lester Carter, foreman nf predatory animal slayers in Millard county, that when the ewes referred to, which had been bitten by a rahjd coyote, were brought in to be sheared they attacked at-tacked the shearers, butted the posts of the corral, rampaged viciously among their companion sheep and "raised Ned" arenerally until the shearers slew them as a measure of public safety. From Beaver county comes a report sent in by XV. A. Noyes. a sheep owner who lives in Beaver City. Mr. Noyes says he is sending in Ihe head of a sheep killed which exhibited unmistakable symptoms of rabies. He wants the expert ex-pert view of Professor L. L. Daines, state bacteriologist, after a scientific examination examina-tion has been made. lid. Rasmussen, foreman of predatorv animal hunters of Sevier count v, with headquarters at Richfield, reports that several sheep killed in the forest ranges undoubtedly had been bitten by rabid coyotes, as evidenced by their antics before be-fore death overtook them.