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SHEEP DISEASES. 



LYNX CAT CAUGHT IN TRAP Sopris National 

 Forest, Colorado. 



3. Wolf and Cougar. 



Fortunately for sheepmen these two animals 

 do not seem to relish mutton as much as they do 

 deer, cattle and horses. 



The wolf is especially dangerous to the cattle- 

 man, and often kills for mere pastime. It is very 

 difficult to destroy, being almost as cunning as 

 the coyote. They breed rapidly, and some sec- 

 tions of the west are so infested with them it 

 is almost impossible to raise horses or cattle. 



The cougar or mountain lion is a great coward, 

 and shuns civilization. It does great damage to 

 deer, and occasionally one develops a taste for 



