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  • Tags: McCleery's Wolves - Pups

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This photograph depicts Leora Hoge (then 10 years old) holding a six-month-old wolf pup named Wendy at Jack Lynch's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA.
Date: August 1968

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This photograph depicts Leora Hoge (then 10 years old) holding a six-month-old wolf pup named Wendy at Jack Lynch's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA. Another person's hand can be seen holding the wolf pup as well.
Date: August 1968

One of these photos features several wolf pups, and the other photo features Dr. E. H. McCleery with several of the pups. The caption briefly describes how wolves raise their pups and the dangers the pups face from the time they are born.

An excerpt from the caption is quoted below.
Date: February 20, 1962

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This photograph depicts six wolf pups at the entrance to a stone den at the Lobo Wolf Park.

This photograph was taken between 1921 (when Dr. McCleery obtained his first wolf) and 1972 (when Jack Lynch moved the wolf park to Gardiner, WA).
Date: Between 1921 and 1972

This article describes how Dr. E. H. McCleery became interested in wolves, beginning with an account of Theodore Roosevelt's speech to the Princeton Gun Club (of which McCleery was president) which inspired him to travel to the Yukon where he encountered his first wild wolf. Since then, the United…
Date: March 1958

This article details the characteristics and behaviors of Dr. E. H. McCleery’s lobo wolves and how they differ from timber wolves. The leaflet written by Dr. McCleery is quoted. When the article was written, Dr. McCleery had 39 lobo wolves, and attacks by them had sent him to the hospital three…
Date: September 5, 1948

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This photograph depicts Dr. McCleery holding two wolf pups at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA. A sign for the wolf park is visible in the distance.

This photograph was taken between 1929 (when Dr. McCleery moved the wolf park to the Route 6…
Date: Between 1929 and 1962

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This photograph depicts Dr. McCleery holding two wolf pups at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA. Route 6 is visible in the distance.

This photograph was taken between 1929 (when Dr. McCleery moved the wolf park to the Route 6 location) and 1962 (when…
Date: Between 1929 and 1962

Mildred M (Wichman) Fitch-resized.jpg
This photograph depicts Mildred "Millie" M. (Wichman) Fitch - who was born and raised on Westwind Road in Kane, PA and worked at Dr. McCleery's wolf farm - holding a wolf pup at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA.
Date: 1941

Jack Powell Wolf Park Rt 6 336.jpg
This photograph depicts Jack Powell (1921 - 2009) holding a wolf pup at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA.

Judging by Jack Powell's age, I believe this photograph was probably taken in the 1930s or 1940s.
Date: Probably the 1930s or 1940s

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This photograph depicts Dr. McCleery holding a wolf pup at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA (judging by the age of Dr. McCleery).

This photograph was taken between 1929 (when Dr. McCleery moved the wolf park to the Route 6 location) and 1962 (when…
Date: Between 1929 and 1962

This article describes Dr. McCleery's pack of the last of the lobo wolves, of which he usually maintains about 60. An anecdote is given of Dr. McCleery's interaction with wolves about 30 years previous. He was traveling the West and observed a pair of wolf pups devour animal bones without…
Date: August 1939

This article reports that three litters of wolf pups have been born at Dr. E. H. McCleery's wolf farm and six more litters are expected. Last year 38 pups were born at the park, though only seven remain. Four pups is the average litter size, and the birthing period lasts from mid-March to mid-April.…
Date: May 6, 1939

Carolyn-Hedlund-The Wolf- A Man's Hobby by Volney F. Dunbar.pdf
This book by Volney F. Dunbar, who was an employee at Dr. E. H. McCleery's wolf farm, answers questions from visitors and was written with permission from Dr. McCleery.

The book addresses the care of the wolves, their history, their habits, details of how the park is run, and provides anecdotes…
Date: 1932

This article reports that five arctic wolf pups were born at the McCleery wolf park on April 3. The mother killed one of the pups but allowed the other four to live. These four pups are expected to survive, and constitute the first litter of white arctic wolves to survive in captivity. Partial text…
Date: May 1, 1931

This article reports that Dr. E. H. McCleery has completed transportation of his wolves and that the new park on Route 6 is now occupied by the entire pack of 72 wolves. Seventeen wolf pups remain at the stone house at the West Side Park where they are being tamed.

Construction of the park is…
Date: May 11, 1929

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This photograph depicts two wolf pups at the entrance of a den made of large rocks and metal poles at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park. I believe this photo was taken by A. A. Nicolas due to the caption style and handwritten copyright symbol.

This photograph was taken between 1921 (when Dr. McCleery…
Date: Between 1921 and 1939

thelonekiller-watermarked.pdf
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

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This photograph depicts Dr. McCleery holding two wolf pups at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park.

This photograph was taken between 1921 (when Dr. McCleery obtained his first wolf) and 1949 (when dated material shows Dr. McCleery looking much older).
Date: Between 1921 and 1949

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This photograph depicts Dr. McCleery sitting in a pen with at least eight wolf pups at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located within the town limits of Kane, PA. This photograph is included in the February 1931 issue of the American Magazine where it is attributed to A. A. Nicolas and where the wolf…
Date: Between 1921 and 1929