Show savage beasts exact huge toll in animal slaughter 0 when compared with some in members of the mountain lion wolf and coyote families amil tes gul liver s hungry giants and giantesses were light and dainty eaters caters all these animals are classed as preda tory but a few specimens develop exceptional skill and cunning in kill ing cattle sheep and colts they visually usually acquire skill in avoiding traps poison bait and rifle fire and often do thousands of dollars worth of damage before they are killed the bureau of biological survey of the united states department of agriculture keeps a staff of expert hunters in the field for the purpose of ridding government range lands of these four footed outlaws and thus assist in relieving the rancher A government hunter killed a moun tain lion recently near roosevelt ariz that had destroyed fifty calves and three colts on a single ranch one wolf slain by another hunter in new mexico bad had killed twenty three calves still another in wyoming slaughtered thirty bead head of cattle before one of uncle sam sams s hunters shot the animal A pair of wyoming wolves that had learned exceptional cunning and cruelty ran a yearly board bill amounting to thirty five hundred dollars their meal tickets were wera canceled by a couple of well aimed rifle shots by a government hunter two other wolves which showed gustatory preference for mutton and young horse flesh in a single month kil led a hundred and fifty sheep and seven colts but at the end of the month mouth a hunter collected their pelts |