PREDATORY ANIMALS. 



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2. Wild Cat and Lynx. 



A " bobcat" getting among a band of sheep 

 seems to kill for the sole pleasure of killing. A 

 hundred or more sheep will be found dead, un- 

 touched, save for the gash in the throat. 



They are very cowardly and shy, and for this 

 reason do not perform a great deal of damage. 



WILD CAT. 



Still, one bobcat with a taste for blood will make 

 life a tragedy for any sheepman until it is 

 destroyed. Bobcats are rather easily treed with 

 good dogs; then they may be knocked in the head 

 amid great rejoicing. 



In 1915 Idaho and Wyoming paid a bounty on 

 over fifteen hundred wild cats and lynx. 



