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and completely devoured by wolves. Four large 

 wolves were killed by the carrier before he was over- 

 powered. This is said to have been the second 

 occurrence of that kind in that region, and a reign 

 of terror was the result! 



Everything that has been said regarding the 

 gray wolf may be repeated regarding the Coyote, 

 but in a decidedly minor key. The latter is smaller 

 and weaker, cowardly instead of courageous, 

 inferior in cunning, and even though far more 

 numerous, its depredations are less serious. The 

 specialty of this animal is deer and antelope fawns, 

 grouse and quail. In the United States its range is 

 generally the same as that of the gray wolf. While 

 the United States forest rangers were destroying 

 241 gray wolves in 1912, they killed 6,478 coyotes, 

 and in the same period British Columbia accounted 

 for 3,563. 



The good services performed by the coyote con- 

 sists in the destruction of prairie-dogs, Franklin 

 spermophiles and other burrowing rodents that are 

 injurious to land and crops. These services, how- 

 ever, are completely overshadowed by the slaughter 

 of young calves, colts and lambs. The prong- 

 horned antelope often falls a victim to this pest. 

 The coyote is an Ishmaelite. Every man's hand is 

 against him and he should be killed wherever found 

 in a wild state. 



The Mountain Lion of the West, known to us as 

 the puma or cougar, also is a destructive, dangerous 



