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WOUi' DAVH IN I'hlNNHVLVANIA. 



I )cii:niiiirnl, wln'cli dicckiMl wiislcfiil liic.. ;iii(l llic 



wisi' r(irrsij;li| III' Mil' (',;iiin' I'dinmissioii w'liicli cii- 



fijicnl f;;iiiu' laws nil Ilic small Inl nf wild lilc wliii li 



icinaiiicil, cainr liio laic Inr llic vvnlvcs. Wlicii Ilic 



rcniiiatit rcliiiiicil I hey wcii' very (jIiI and weak, and 



may all |i(issilily liavc liccii id llic same scs. ('. \V 



I )iid<iiisiiii sa\'s llial wiilvcs liciii^j; caniiilials may liavc 



had imndi In do willi llicir dcrrrasc. Dan Ti caslci-, 



line 1)1' llic iKihlcsl id' Willi' liiintcrs, wlicii asked wliy 



lie did not ciilisi Hillside aid lo i id Ticaslcr Valh'y nl 



wolves, slalcd: "l)csliny llicir I'ood snpply and llicv 



will f^o soon I'lioii^'ll." Tlicic was ample \'ci ilical inn 



of Ills prnplieey. Iliil llic inipi ovidcnl piiisidiers lllli 



ricil ilicij- passin|^._ I lowcvcr liiinKry llie wolves wiic, 



they would liayc sniisislcd someliow were il iiol for 



llic poisoiicis. l'"aliiislicr| I loin llic lack of food, even 



a, poisoned carcass la:. led j'/iod lo (liciii. 'I'lic wllok' 



sale poisoniii),' indidjM-d in liy (lie ('liniiiH and ( !. W. 



1 )ickiii!,iiii in Ml Isean ('oiiiily in IH7H deslioyed all llic 



wolves ill llial :,eclion exiepl ;i few ,lia)',|dcrH and ' i ip 



])lcs. In oilier words, llie rcprodni iiij'^ animalH of 



llu; packs were [mjihs So miieli for lliai localily. 1 lie 



piiisoniiif( lice of llic I'enn's "Valley fanners Fn iK,'i7 



))lll an end to llic Mai 1, wolves f i e<|uenl iiij; llie east end 



of llial valley. SoiiiimIi foranollici localily. KoliiMl 



Askey, j;i;indsoll of Saillllcl Askey, llie lllij,(llly Cclllrc 



Comity wolf liimlcr, lold tlic wriler leeenlly llial vii v 

 few wolve , lomparalivcly were sliol or Ir.appcd in llie 

 Snow Slioe ie(don. Ill liis lioyliooil lie was Ixilll ill 

 ISli!) wolve-, were so prev.ali'lll ;il)Olll Ids lionie l|e,ir 



