Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-08
MENACE OF MAD WOLVES IN WEST
ni FREDERIC J. mAsI<lN

tsements illustrated with the portrait
OF Bre'i coyote. and demanding that
every r"ncher devote two months -.
INC year, December and January, 20
hunting him. II is planned To or
SaniZe community hunts. and drive Ia"
last coyote out of hiding.
In ADDITION to this the government
mas recently taken the field against
the coyote Congress has made an sp-
nropriation for the determination of
predatory animals. and now has more
than hundred hunters in the held
III" whole West ~ divided into min.
sections. in each OF which there is an
Inspector and from twelve to twenty
hunters. Fourtccn thousand coyotes
were killed in Idaho last year and
In one county twelve government hunt
crs killed nearly 500 OF them in OF.
month TN" whole West is literally up
In arms against the coyote In adj
dition TO this, tho disease Itself is dc.
Sr"NiuE him. In the parts OF Oregon
where II first appeared nvc or six Gears
az" there arc scarcely any coyotes
left. After successfully dcfyinr man
and civilization for half century. the
coyote seems doomed At last
GrcRt Losn Threatened.
Their" VIII be great deal OF los
in the West before the epidemic runs
it's course, however, and II has some
possibilities of harm thai have no, So.
developed. MI nf the lower animals
ar" subject to the disease IN mans
parts OF the West cougars or lnour.
tain lions wild cats and BLACK hears
are abundant should the disease ,,r-
tain hold among these larger aud
more formidable beasts. II would b.,
greater menac" TO human life than
ever. The extent OF the economic
loss, too. remains 10 lac .,cr
II may we'll he tina, rabies t.,ll
force the price OF beef still hsh,
in View OF all these facts. e ,
American city should awaken 10 ,h"
necessity OF an adequate iuuzzluc Ilr
Although every unmuzzlcd dor i. in
some degree Il menace to human lir"
and property. there ar" fcw cities ben
which these laws exist. ana still fcwo;
In which they are adcquarcly enforced
By this particular hit Of negligence, TN"
American pcopl" arc sacrificing a: lc;,rr
10" lives every year, and they have
visited upon the West a calamity ~
the most serious proportions
In England rabies are now unhnov.Ir
Every dog there is compelled to b..
adequately muzzied. and there is
dog quarantine for those that arc i'm
ported. These two measures cous,I
tuts an absolute preventive for rabies
When Il person has been bitten. II
treated within ten days with the PAS
tour virus. the disease will almost Ger
tainly hc prevented. If the treatment
is not taken, however. the disease IS
p:"ctically certain TO he fatal. and d,
brings death i'll a peculiarly aronizing
and horrible form.
Cnrclessness spreads Disease,
II is strange coincidence that jas,
as this pest Of rabies has gotten We'll
under way in the West. a case should
hay" occurred in the East. which per
fccty illustrates the sort of careless
~
ease possible There are now under
treatments in tho Federal fIygicnlc
Laboratory in Washington eleven per
sons who were bitten by the same mai
dog In small town in Virginia. This
is the story they told: a kind hearted
citizen found collie pup shivering on
the street. He took the stray home
To his children. They began TO rornn
with the dog, which at first showed :,
playful spirit. and then began TO snap.
IL niDpcd every member OF tho family.
six in all They then decided that ,hcv
did not like the dog after ALL and 50
turned him over to a policeman This
worthy promptly presented tho nun 10
another family, where he bit two chill
dren ana was again turned into tho
street. There negro found him and
LOOK him into saloon, where he hi,
me negro and the bartender They
again put him out in the cold and no
bit few more persons. Meantime. tho
rather Of the second family bccam.
alarmed when he heard Of tho doc,r
conduct. and set out to nnd IT, II.
killed the animal, and sent its head I'm
washington, where 1t was pronounced
10 ne rahid. Then followed a pilgrim.
age t" the hygienic laboratory OF nil
those thoughtful persons who had ~.
frlcndcd little Fido
M'zziing legislation is usually on.
posed by the dog fnncicr and tho b,,-
manitarian societies This endemic
should teach them that there is no
piace IN human society for the UNI
muzzled dog.