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Show r;,W v- -y - ;i " ' w5 ' f - . 6Ar cv Isg1 X cial outcasts occupy the lowest rung of wolf society. Most large packs have at least one poor scapewolf on whom the others take out their frustrations. The unlucky creature is subject to sudden attacks and may have to depend on leftovers to survive. In the author's opinion, such an arrangement is beneficial to the survival of the pack. Instead of all members suffering malnu- trition during a shortage of prey such as caribou or rv moose, or because of overpopulation in the pack, the bottom members go on short rations, leaving the dominant animals in good J health. Photo by Rolli Osterrruck National Geographic BLUNTED BY TIME, the teeth of an Alaskan wolf-t- he dominant female in her pack and mother of two pups mark her as a veteran of many hunts. Once common in North America, the gray wolf has been almost eliminated in the contiguous United States. Conservation groups would like to Isee the animals reintroduced to selected wilderness areas Isuch as the Great Smoky Mountains and the Adirondacks. Many farmers fearing for their livestock and hunters for their game fight such proposals. Wolves are not as people picture them by Donald J. Frederick National Geographic News Service - Little Red Riding Hood had nothing to worry about. The big, bad wolfs storied reputation as a ferocious people eater is completely undeserved. I Not one case of healthy wolves attacking people has been recorded in North America. Old accounts of marauding beasts in Europe probably embellished ; ; by legend are now inter- preted as attacks by rabid wolves or wolf-dohybrids. The wolf as scientists know it is quite different from the publics image of the creature as a heinous super killer, says Dr. L. David Mech. ,A biologist with the U. !. Fish and g Wildlife Service and one of the worlds leading authorities on wolves, Dr. Mech reveals his latest findings on the animals in the October National Geographic. A wolf is probably best known for its howling. It is this eerie howling that has probably inspired the tales that have arisen about the wolf, writes Dr. Mech. The animal is thought capable of choosing any prey and running it down with impunity. Its weight, usually 60 to 120 pounds, is often grossly exaggerated, and Lone wolves may be the losers from the bottom of the pack driven to solitude when the food supply gets low and life becomes so grim there is really no al- Hone, and Bruce Kendall each won with a pin, and Kerry Lynn tied with his Millard is opponent at velops. The male leader, however, guides the activities of the pack and initiates regarded as the number two team in the state at the present time, Broadhead attacks against trespass- said. The junior varsity squad defeated Millard 27 to 21. Peripheral animals or so 3 The Hospital the Juab Patients at' Loners do worst when wolves are least molested by man and the packs grow large. Then they are allowed no area of their own to hunt, thus weakening the are on the increase and have begun to encroach on surrounding farmlands, killing cattle and causing a furor among some ers and ranchers. farm-dangere- Closeouts Pre-Invento- ry 50 On all OFF merchandise on our special closeout table and All Turquoise Jewery Men's and Ladies Shirts off on Ladies Blouses s entry Published each Thursday by s The Publishing Co 9b South Main Street, Nephi, Utah 84648 Mailing address, P O Bos 77, Nephi, Utah 84648 Deadlines News and advertising, close ol business, Tuesday prior to publication Deadlines advance one day when legal holiday falls on off Thursday Subscription prices One year $6 00. sis months, payable in advance No subscriptions accepted lor less than su months Single copy price, Special rack of Childrens clothes $4 00 Advertising rates available on request Articles and photographs submitted for publication will only be used on a space available basis, and then only it the editor deems them newsworthy Such articles and photographs will only be returned if they are accompanied by a envelope stamped Anderson Western Wear Nephi, Utah 720 South Main Friendly Service The Friendly Folks! Lower Prices Featured Daily J&J Wrestlers will meet Union High School Were expecting a very tough match" said Coach Fenton Broadhead of the Juab High School wrestling squad in discussing the meet with Union High School of Roosevelt on Thursday evening. Union High has growm a lot in the past two or three years, Coach Broadhead pointed out, and is now a contender for honors. The Juab Junior Varsity wrestlers will take to the mats at 6 p.m. The varsity wrestlers will begin at 7:30 Minnesota is by no means secure. Placed on the en- species list, they Second-clas- ternative. as of TuesAnother factor in the County Hospital day afternoon were: making of loners might be Bertha Winn, Nephi aggressiveness. When offClarence Gowers, Nephi spring mature at the age of Leslie Garrett, Nephi two or three years, they George Howarth, Nephi may not be able to endure Sandra Paxman, Nephi the discipline of the domLeslie Hammon.d Mt. inant animals. Instead of Pleasant lingering in the shadow of their parents and being subordinated, they may just strike out on their own. so is the size of its packs, rarely more than twenty members and usually fewer than ten. In a natural population of wolves, where man has not interfered, all the available space is taken up by packs. Each occupies a territory of its own, overlapping little with neighboring packs, except possibly on the tundra. There, during much of the year, the need for migration seems to result in greater tolerance among groups. Exclusive spacing of pack territories may be maintained by howling and by scent marking a ritualistic practice, reports Dr. Mech. Whatever the means of marking territories, lone wolves are left with no real areas of their own, and most are doomed to a nomadic life of trying to avoid packs. In a simple pack with a pair of adults and their pups, the social hierarchy is a linear one. But some packs may contain as many as 36 members, including several adults. In such cases, both a male and a female social ladder de- ers. loners and making them lupu. has been almost elimeasy victims when they inated in the contiguous United States. There are trespass on a pack's terri30 on Isle Royale tory. The loners are extras perhaps in Michigan, but the 1,200 in a saturated population in Minnesota remain the and are expendable. exonly sizeable group. EsBut where wolves are ploited by man, or perhaps timates for Canada range where some natural disaster from 17,000 to 28,000 and such as rabies or distemper Alaska may harbor as many as 15,000. wipes out part of the populThe future of wolves in ation, lone wolves suddenly role. an By play important The Times-New- s wandering endlessly, they Nephi, Utah eventually locate any unDec. 29, 1977 occupied area, and if they find a loner of the opposite sex there, they may mate, settle, and form their own pack. 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