| Show i I ji A Pest of Wolves I t1rl 1 J n Hinder a ranchman tram the I f I i f 1 t Llttlo Itend country South Dakota In W 1 P h J i araklng 01 the peat or gray wolves I I t t I I 0 I if t which Ties been 1Iturhlng ranchmen t t I N for several years clays they must for 4 J iI I I I the present count on 0 certain per cent 11 I I d 7 145 or IQs from this source every year He 1 ii 1 considers tho ridding of the range country 1 I h if coun-try of these pest one of the ecrloui I 7 hP = = f w t problems with I which I cattlemen have tc I I 1 I deal The difficulties encountered the I hffli ii4 X 1 pr work are numerous one of them being t 114 1 I f rlt ep f 7 11 an Impossibility to use poison because N I 11 this claps or Volve unlike the prairie fizf 1 Jel 1 t wolves never touch a carcass left hlng i 1t 5 fr I I t on the prnlrle but only ent of those I I I 1i4 R i I t they have killed and refuse to touch I I Fm I the tame carcass tl Is second time i I k f I I I This trait only makes them the more I It 4 J foI I i destructive as thy kill IIhnelr thy I I are hungry and after eating what they I I t1l j I Iiltr i mant leave lt tile rest of the animal 1 lying I 1 A j Ion I-on the prairie So far hunting them I L Ic I I la IJ with dogs has not been successful as I l I the hounds which can catch them even 1i < J Cl If they are sighted either cennot or will 5 i iI1J jI not kill I them rdtl the heavier dog N 11 i which could handle them are not swift I 1 I I I enough to get up to them Then f I k j 1 they lire so shy and watchful when oul I of their dens that It Is almost Impost I a I I 1 4 r et to rc within rllle shot ot them I Iit t Token altogether thy are hard ant I J trF 1t 4ft 1 mats to get off the range and what tc i L I do with 1 them is the question A I II i Mr Hinder Is I attempting to breed a 1 1111 t class of dog uhich he thinks cnn han J die them If they get out on tho prairie I i I Tit h erooolno a Russian wolt hounds I with a staghound and thinks he will get Ij tile ppled mind strength to cutch and 11 I I j handle the wolves lie has been out I Several I times this winter In gectiGno 1 where the wolves halo been ot lIOlk but has not been able I to get a sight atone at-one of the animals although I traces ol V I JE I their work were to be f6und and the I could be heard howling at night It J ht f While I they are destructive to nil classes ot stock and are likely to pull I r t down full grown horses and cattle they I ail 4 1 do the most damage among colts one next among calves U has been estimated i i 1 J f esti-mated that the destruction by graY Yor A I ualves I ov r the range country of tit ij northwest I over JIOOOOO a Year ana SI ri lIB they are increasing In numbers tho Zi I loss greater frdm this source Is becoming much II I jJt 011 II I e H |
