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This article describes veterinarian Jack Thornton's experience in 1976 working for Jack Lynch, owner of the wolf preserve in Gardiner, WA. Two of Lynch's wolves got into a fight, leaving one of his favorite wolves with a lacerated scrotum. Lynch administered the anesthetic to the wolf and…

Date: June 17, 2009

This photograph depicts the wolf-shaped sign at the entrance to Jack Lynch's buffalo wolf preserve, located in Gardiner, WA, overlooking Discovery Bay.

Date: Between 1977 and 1979

This photograph depicts a taxidermy of one of Dr. McCleery's wolves. This taxidermy was used by the Kane High School to represent the mascot of their sports teams. This is a Defender postcard.

This photograph was probably taken between 1929 (when Dr. McCleery moved the wolf park to the Route 6…

Date: Probably between 1929 and 1962

This photograph depicts a wolf standing on a metal "den" and the rocks next to it at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA. A wolf in a neighboring pen is also visible. This photo appears to be part of a series in which Dr. McCleery and Earl Jones appear in…

Date: Between 1929 and 1962

This real photo postcard depicts three wolves at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park along Route 6. One of the wolves is standing on a makeshift den (an iron box). I am guessing that the photo was taken between 1929 and 1962, but probably in the 1930s or 1940s.

Date: Between 1929 and 1962, but probably in the 1930s or 1940s.

This photograph depicts a wolf sitting in the snow behind a fence. Judging by the presence of only one layer of fencing - and the vague surroundings of this postcard and the other postcards which appear to be in the same series - I believe (but am not certain) that this photo was taken at Dr.…

Date: Probably between 1921 and 1929

This photograph depicts several wolf pups in the wolf pup pen at Jack Lynch’s lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA. Rocky Holland took this photo between 1963 and 1964.

Date: Between 1963 and 1964

This article describes Miss Rose Carroll's job as secretary to Dr. E. H. McCleery and his wolf park, where she has worked for almost 30 years. Carroll feels confident that the wolves are in good hands with the Lynches, whose youth and enthusiasm will benefit the park. Other potential buyers wanted…

Date: February 20, 1962

This photograph depicts a wolf at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located within the town limits of Kane, PA. The wolf appears to be outside of the pens. This photograph is included in the photo album of Margaret R. Jones.

The photo album of Margaret R. Jones includes two notes. One indicates that…

Date: Between 1921 and 1924

This documentary profiles Jack Lynch and Mary Wheeler and their work to breed and preserve the last of the buffalo wolves - Canis lupus nubilus - which were exterminated in the wild by 1931. The ancestors of their wolves came from the eastern part of Montana to the Dakota territory.

The Lynches'…

Date: 1987

This real photo postcard depicts two wolves at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park along Route 6. One of the wolves is lying on a makeshift den (an iron box). I am guessing that the photo was taken between 1929 and 1962, but probably in the 1930s or 1940s.

Date: Between 1929 and 1962, but probably in the 1930s or 1940s.

This photograph depicts a wolf lying in the snow in a pen. Judging by the presence of a birthing den and the wide fencing style, I believe (but am not certain) that this photo was taken at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located within the town limits of Kane, PA. Therefore, this photograph was…

Date: Probably between 1921 and 1929

This photograph depicts a wolf lying down in the snow at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located in Kane, PA. This photo was included in the 1926 Hurri-Kane Yearbook, dating it between 1921 and 1926.

Date: Between 1921 and 1926

This photograph depicts a wolf lying down in a pen at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA.

This photograph is from a 1939 photo album.

Date: 1939

This photograph depicts a wolf lying in a pen at Jack Lynch's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA.

Date: July 1963

This photograph depicts a wolf lying in a pen at Jack Lynch's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA.

Date: July 1963

This article reports that the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Parks has denied Jack Lynch permission to pick up roadkill to feed his wolves. At the time of writing, Lynch has about 100 wolves, each of whom eats 35-40 pounds of meat per week. A photo is included of Lynch and a buffalo wolf…

Date: February 1981, probably a day or two before the 18th

This photograph depicts a wolf in a pen at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA. A sign which reads "4" hangs on the fence.

Date: 1947

This photograph depicts a wolf in a pen at Jack Lynch's "Loboland USA" wolf park in Gardiner, WA. This photograph seems to be in the same series as several other photographs with a development date of January 1975. One of those photographs has "June 1974" written on the back, so I assume each of…

Date: June 1974

This photograph depicts a wolf in a pen at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located within the town limits of Kane, PA. Also visible is part of a sign posted on the fence post above the wolf. The photo is labeled 1920, but Dr. McCleery obtained his first wolf in January 1921 so I believe that date is…

Date: Between 1921 and 1929