Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1918-05-16
WAG|NG WAR ON
FOOD DESTROYERS
Predatory Animals In Western
States Cause Immense DAM
age Each Year.
HUNTERS ARE NOW At WORK
In Two and Half Years $4,000 Wolves,
Coyotes, Bobcats, Lions, Bears
and Other Beasts Killed by
Paid Hunters

The city purchaser OF meat does not
always realize the really serious din.
cultles TO be overcome before choice
cut Of steak or IA cheaper stewlng piece
can be brought to market. lie buys
what he wants or Gun afford. always
mnrveling at the increasing cost. II
the supply Of food were increased By
$300,OOOOO worth, the cost would be
correspondingly less. md when the
purchaser Is Informed that this value
Of meat md other foodstuffs Is wan.
tonly destroyed every year In the Unit.
cd States he is likely TO sit up and take
noticc. More. he Is likely to investi.
.gnte the cause Of the waste and TO
help stop II. II possible. FoodstuYs
worth these millions OF dollars are de.
stroyed every year through the rav.
ages OF wild predatory animals and OF
smnll grain-eating and crop-destroying
rodents
Unlike the hordcs OF injurious In.
sects which prey on tho crops almost
unseen. these animals are large enough
TO be COPIED with slngly and ut COM
paratlvely small cost.
Yearly Damage by Wolf.
Wolves. for Instance. are caught one
at time. either In the trap or by
poison or with powder and shot. These
animals do not prowl the country over
night after night with only an occa.
sional meal once or twice week, but
like other beasts must obtain their
food more or less regularly. As live
stock ARE especially choice morsels for
them. the destruction ench animal In.
fllcts on herd is enormous. II does
not require any stretch Of the lmngl.
nation. therefore, Ia grasp the fact that
each wolf destroys annually an aver
age OF $1,000 worth OF live stock. The
growing boy could not be SO vornclous.
Therefore, every wolf destroyed means
q years supply OF food for several boys
or grown men. Multiply this $1,000
destruction Of good food by the total
number Of wolves In the country and
we have large part Of the $500 1000.
900 worth OF food taken from domesti.
Gated flocks and herds.
In the summer md early fall OF last
year hunters OF the bureau OF biologi.
chi survey OF the department OF agri.
culture killed nearly 30 wolves, more
than half Of them In Texas. one OF the
greatest mcat.producing states OF the
Union. Wyoming, Arizona and New
Mexico are the better OF for having
lost In this campaign about % OF these
marauders.
Damage by Other culprlta
But wolves are not the onv culprits
that need to be dispatched II We are to
market NIL the meet actually produced
on our extensive ranges. II has been
estimated by officials Of the department
Of agriculture that mountain lions and
stock.killing grizzly bears each destroy
annually $500 worth Of live stock.
and that ench coyote and bobcdt con.
sumes tenth or this amount. Coyotes
and bobcats. however, arc many times
more numerous than the mountain
lions and bears. judging from the
numbers destroyed by hunters Of the
biological survey. During part OF the
last summer and full eight mountain
lions and q bears paid the death pen.
atty for their maraudlng, while In the
same time more than 1000 bobcats and
more than 10000 coyotes were exter.
minated.
Had these animals been allowed to
60 about their nefarious work unmo.
Tested through the year. and through
the rest Of their natural lives. they
would have taken the usual toll OF our
meat supply accordingly. The pclt Of