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Animal Heroes
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Ernest Thompson Seton
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At
this
time--that
is,
the
fall
of
1881--there
were
great
complaints
among
the
Qu'Appelle
ranchmen
that
the
Wolves
were
increasing
in
their
country
and
committing
great
depredations
among
the
stock.
Poisoning
and
trapping
had
proved
failures,
and
when
a
distinguished
German
visitor
appeared
at
the
Club
in
Winnipeg
and
announced
that
he
was
bringing
some
Dogs
that
could
easily
rid
the
country
of
Wolves,
he
was
listened
to
with
unusual
interest.
For
the
cattle-men
are
fond
of
sport,
and
the
idea
of
helping
their
business
by
establishing
a
kennel
of
Wolfhounds
was
very
alluring.
The
German
soon
produced
as
samples
of
his
Dogs,
two
magnificent
Danes,
one
white,
the
other
blue
with
black
spots
and
a
singular
white
eye
that
completed
an
expression
of
unusual
ferocity.
Each
of
these
great
creatures
weighed
nearly
two
hundred
pounds.
They
were
muscled
like
Tigers,
and
the
German
was
readily
believed
when
he
claimed
that
these
two
alone
were
more
than
a
match
for
the
biggest
Wolf.
He
thus
described
their
method
of
hunting:
"All
you
have
to
do
is
show
them
the
trail
and,
even
if
it
is
a
day
old,
away
they
go
on
it.
They
cannot
be
shaken
off.
They
will
soon
find
that
Wolf,
no
matter
how
he
doubles
and
hides.
Then
they
close
on
him.
He
turns
to
run,
the
blue
Dog
takes
him
by
the
haunch
and
throws
him
like
this,"
and
the
German
jerked
a
roll
of
bread
into
the
air;
"then
before
he
touches
the
ground
the
white
Dog
has
his
head,
the
other
his
tail,
and
they
pull
him
apart
like
that."
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