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It Happened Years Ago [Article in Kane Republican]
A retrospective article that describes the events of eleven years ago (1922). One such event is the escape of three of Dr. McCleery's wolf pups whose playful antics drew a crowd at Evergreen Park. Reports later described the escape of three vicious child-eating wolves. Partial text of the article…
Date: March 3, 1933
Letter From The Publisher [Article in Sports Illustrated]
This article reports that Bil Gilbert has earned his third Penney-Missouri Magazine Award. Gilbert's most recent article appears in the same issue and profiles Jack Lynch and his work with buffalo wolves. Gilbert greatly admires Lynch, and this article offers an additional anecdote from Gilbert's…
Date: November 5, 1979
Lobo Wolves Are His Hobby [Article in Man to Man]
This humorous article describes Dr. E. H. McCleery's hobby of raising a pack of lobo wolves, the history of the wolf pack (Dr. McCleery first became interested in wolves on a big game hunt before 1900 with the late J. P. Morgan), the psychology of the wolves, the culling of the wolf pack (Dr.…
Date: February/March 1950
Memory by Dr. Jack Thornton
A memory submitted by Dr. Jack Thornton, a retired veterinarian and former owner of Blue Mountain Animal Clinic in Port Angeles, WA regarding his experiences volunteering his veterinary services for Jack Lynch in Gardiner, WA. The initial interview was conducted by Kirsten Canfield over the phone.…
Date: March 4, 2014
The Lone Killer [Book]
This book by Dr. E. H. McCleery describes the different subspecies of wolves, the psychology of his wolves, and provides anecdotes of the pack. It completely covers the time at the Kane wolf park, and a short amount of time at the Route 6 wolf park. The poem on the last page was written by the Kane…
Date: 1929
The Lonely Plight of the Lobo Wolves [Article in Pacific Search Press]
This article reports on the deplorable conditions of "Lobo Land," run by Mr. and Mrs. Jack Lynch, who purportedly have seven subspecies of wolves at the park including the last of the plains wolf. Dr. Eaton reports that during his visit to Lobo Land on August 17, 1973 he was unattended and observed…
Date: February 1974
Wolf - or Coyote - or Whatisit: Heated Controversy Developed Here Over "Whatisit" Kill in the Late 30's [Article in Kane Republican: Special Edition]
This article describes the controversy over the identity of a pack of animals first seen in 1937. Two were captured by the Pennsylvania Game Commission and sent to the Harrisburg Zoo where they were classified as coyotes. Dr. E. H. McCleery identified the one he inspected (which weighed 40 pounds)…
Date: February 20, 1962