The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-01-13
North i. S.
aced
by Wolves
Packs of Hungcr.Mad Ami
mails Ranging Along Cana.
dian Line = Wreaking
Havoc Among Stock.
Several Persons Killed

New York. Jan. 12.--By A. Pl-
! Northern sections of the United
States are threatened with invasion
by packs of hunger.mad wolves from
Canada. and untold damage Is likely
as a result of attacks on sheep and
cattle. Director w. r. Hornaday of
the Bronx zoo said today after an in
tcns;ve study of the alarming in
crease of gray timber wolves within
the last few years.
Scores of packs are now wreaking
havoc among farm animals and are
wiping out furred game In Ontario.
while recently two Ontario mail car
/ riers were attacked and killed near
/ Lake Nipissng. The remains of a
trapper and two Indians. devoured
by wolves. were found a few days ago
by hunters.
The rapid increase in the number
OF gray wolves. according to Director
Hornaday. Is due to present low raw
fur prices. Two years ago, he said.
wolf skins brought from $40 to $50
in New York. while today prices
range from IS to s19.
No Bountics In Canada.
Cuts in fur prices have checked
the activity Of trappers and Indian
| hunters in wiping out the packs" he
said. NO bounties are offered in Can
ada TO my knowledge, for wolf
scalps.
In the United States 1t is different.
Practically every state has a bounty
on wolf scalps, ranging from IS to
Slo. while in the west, cattle and
sheep associations offer additional re.
wards. This has been an incentive
in wiping out, to a great degree, the
wolves in western United States.
The federal government has beer
assisting in recent years, through
the activity of the Department of
Agriculture. in furnishing profession.
al wolf killers to communities men.
aced by the beasts. But faced by tho
hordes now ravaging certain districts
in Canada, the menace of an invasion
is imminent"
Game Diminishing.
Game animals are being rapidly ex.
terminated by the wolves. his report
Showed. In Alaska, entire herds of
caribou have been auuihila.4.d and
Wright Wenrich. game warden. hs.
appealed to the Department of Arri.
culture to send trained killers In
check the activities Of the animals.
Director IIornaday declared there
had been many instances where hunt
ers and trappers were attacked and
In occasional instances killed by roy.
ing wolf packs.
several years ago Buffalo Jones.
the famous hunter and sportsman. and
a partner went to northern Canada.
I near Great Slave Lake to capture
1 nuskox calves for museums" he said
! They captured five and while bring.
Ing the animals back TO their base.
were surrounded b an enormous wolf
PACK. For five days and nights they
Fought continually. killing dozens of
the animals, but finally won their way
through, although the calves were
abandoned
Lives Endangered.
Many missing hunter or travel.
er has been an unrecorded victim Of
wolves"
Director IIornaday said that Of all
! species of timber wolves, the largest
and most ferocious was to be found in
Alaska and in certain sections of Can.
ada. Scarcity of game, he said. due
TO their ravages, would drive them
south and eventually across the Dor.
der of the United States.
Unless government agencies COM
! pine efforts with cattle and sheep as
sociations and game wardens in yari.
Gus states to check the incoming
hordes OF wolves, serious trouble will
] occur he concluded. Lives are he.
Ing endangered as well. as. having
been undisturbed for several years.
the packs have become more numer-
Gus and more ferocious. 1t is time for
| actiOnn