The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-06-29
DOGS WITH FATAL FANos.
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Ranging through that section Of
the United States where New Mexi-
90 and Arizona meet are bands Of
wild animals whose bite is more to
be dreaded than that of the cent? |
ped and Is as fatal as the venom of |
the rattlesnake. Nley are known a.
the wild dogs Il Arizona, and 30 |
bold have they become that the resi-
dents round about the field Of their
operations are organizing to hunt !
them down
These brutes form a species by
themselves, and no natural history
tells Of them. Their origin is not
positively known, but they are sup
posed to be a cross between a com
bination of Siberian bloodhound and
bulldog stock and the large timber
wolf Of Arizona The FIRST OF these
was taken into New Mexico by cat
tlemen resident there about IS years
ago.
II was not very long after that
when the FIRST of the present species
of animals that Is now creating so
much trouble was seen, and for q
time their depredations were slight.
Timber wolves were not overplenty
in Arizona, and, while occasionally
Q sheep, colt, horse or steer would
be pulled down by the brutes, there
was no attempt to exterminate them
beyond taking a shot at one of the
depredators whenever opportunity
offered.
In these days, however, their short
barks and long, dismal bowls OF
roars, something like a coyote howl
intensified many times, are becom-
ing altogether too familiar. The
noise they make is fearsome indeed
far more 50 than the scream of
the panther or the howl of the
Thoroughbred wolf None has ever
been captured. and no one wants to
capture them. for their appearance
is very nearly as ugly as their bite.
A full grown animal of this sort will
, weigh about 100 pounds and stands
from az to 3 feet high. They are
heaviest about the shoulders and
neck, have a round shaped head and
short, sharp ears
J The general color Of their coats is
: gray, but long blackish hairs come
3 struggling through. giving a dis
agreeable appearance Occasionally
one Of them will be Of different
color still and perhaps of fairly good
appearance, but this IL supposed to
result from the breeding in of do
Q nestle dogs. who have been known
4 to desert the ranches and Join one oi
these bands
The cattle. calves. horses and colti
which meet death through thess
animals are by no means killed BY
them because food is needed, but did
d from the effects of the bite, which In
10 every case produces symptoms ex
actly similar to strychnins poison
=, ing. Benjamin Brown of Hutrioso
!, A T, has perhaps killed more o
!" these animals than any other per
son. and be regards the task Of hunt
10 ing them as dangerous ia the en-
70 tremsL While they have never beeI
D. known to wantonly attack hunai
being. they will defend themselvs
:, against one qui. K enough
Mr.. Brown tells one instanc
where q calf belonging 20 Polar
Pearson Of Nutrioso was bitten b
q one Of these wolf dogs 1hs bit
=. was not a serious one. and the cal
is Hsd TO its mother for protection
The mother licked the wound, an
in a few moments the calf was aI
parently all right again Two day
~ later the calf died with every SYM
10 tom Of strychnine poisoning. an
the following day the mother met
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