El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-04-17

coyotes. In addition, eight wolf pups
we're destroyed.
Wolves and coyotes are transient
visitors 1requenting the forests only
during months when game and dOmes-
tic animals are most abundant They
are bred, born and spend most Of their
lives in the foothills and plains out
side the forests. Under these cOndi-
tons, those killed in the forests are
replaced by others from outside
ranges and this will continue until
the government institutes a general
movement 10 destroy the animals
throughout the length and breath
OF the public domain.
Gray Wolf is Worst.
Inc most destructive Of all beasts
OF prey in this country is the big gray
Nolf which still rOams over the
Jninly settled ranch country Of Mon
Iana and western Texas, where stock
raising is the principal industry. In
earlier days ii was the buffalo wolf;
now IL is the cattle wolf
Each wolf costs the ranchmen 81, 900
year Such an animal Will kill a
cow or calf every three days, or 100
mead Of cattle per annum. Its victims
are mostly calves and yearlings, out
when these are not available il viii
kill cows and even full grown steers,
attacking them from behind and liter
ally eating them alive. Even If only
slightly bitten, they will die Of blood
poisoning.
Hunting these wolves with dogs and
horses is thrilling sport No hound
can Oyertake them in q straigl LaWay
run, and not even the fiercest and
largest dog is a match for one Some
times the wolf, II cornered by a pack
OF dogs, viii turn and kill a number
Of them.
Has Lust for Blood.
The big gray wolf is animated by
a lust for blood; he kills for the love
az q linz
set by the most experienced trappers
IS almost beyond belief. To avoid
leaving a trail he viii travel over the
toughest places and IL is next to i'm
POSSIBLE to get him with poisoned
p21t-sO suspicious is he, and so keen
tn distinguish the scent of a man
The successful fight made by the
government against predatory animals
IuieSung the national forests and ad-
JCcent ranges has ENCOURAGED settlers
10 take up the business for themselves
Not long ago, in oregon. there was an
epldemIs Of rabies among the coyotes.
causing widespread apprehension and
resulting in serious losses Of livestock
Az the request OF settlers. officers Of
the Wallowa national forest were as
signed to destroy the brUtes, and so
successful were their efforts that the
sheep with lambs were soon grazing
Unattended condition Of affairs
without precedent
Coyote Likes Civilization.
The gray wolves are becoming stead
lily scarcer. They are retiring before
civilization, and eventually will be ex-
terminated With the small prairie
wolf or coyote it is quite otherwise.
lie may be said to welcome civilization
and thrvies in the MIDST Of il.
The coyote makes himself at home
In wen populated country. raises his
young under the settlers nose, and in
spite of poison and traps increases.
In spring he follows the sheepman's
herd up into the mountains, there TO
prey on lambs or even ewes. In an
tumn he comes down with them. and
winters close to the farmers feed LOT
and chicken coops.
While the individual erav wolf is
most destructive, the coyote. by rea-
son Of his numbers. is the worst enemy
o. game animals and domestic stock.
ne amount Of damage he individually
does has been estimated all the way
! ON 500 TO $3.50 a year. As the set
tiers express it, he is ''pizen on sheen"