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western states, the wolf and coyote are spreading rabies among 

 our stock and thus indirectly endangering human life itself. 

 One of the most important activities of the Bureau at the 

 present time is the destruction of these noxious animals. It 

 keeps a force of about three hundred men in the field trap- 

 ping, shooting and poisoning predatory animals, mainly 



THE COMMON EAT 



Whose board bill is costing us in the neighborhood of $200,000,000 

 annually. From a drawing by E. E. Kalmbach. 



Courtesy of the U. 8. Bureau of Biological Survey. 



wolves, coyotes, wild cats, and to a lesser extent, bears and 

 mountain lions. Definite results are difficult to show as a 

 result of this campaign, but a very marked reduction in 

 stock losses has been noted in those regions where it has been 

 consistently carried on. 



Let us turn aside for a moment and follow one of the Sur- 

 vey 's hunters on his lonely way as he pursues the big gray 



