So serious have the losses in cattle and sheep on the ranges become
that Congress has recently made large appropriations for the
destruction of wolves and other predatory animals, and these disturbers
of the peace will soon become much reduced in numbers. The necessity
for action of this kind is shown by the recent capture in Colorado of a
huge old dog wolf with a definite record of having killed about $3,000
worth of stock. Interesting as wolves are, filling their place in the
wilderness, their habits bar them from being tolerated in civilized
regions.
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