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Killing wolves for money
Massachusetes Bay Colony passed laws offering mony reward to any resident that killed a wolf. Other colonies followed. -
Indians are paid for killing Indians
Any Massachusetes Indian could get 3qt. of wine or a bushel of corn for one wolf. -
War of Extermanation
The war of extermanation was when all bears and wolves were ordered to be killed there was a buonty for each wolf -
Bounty System
Bounty system started in Michigan. -
Bounty system raises up throughout the country
The bounty system pops up around the country and more wolves die and more people make money -
Traps and hunting
People poisend traps and killed other animals to use as bait and they would poisen traps and shoot wolves -
Wolfers
People who hunted wolfs were called wolfers and 100,000 wolfs were killed between 1850-1880 -
Going Going Gone
At the turn of the century wolves were rare in southern and western Minnesota, southern Wisconsin and Michigan, and all of the eastern U.S. -
Almost Gone
This was considered by many to be the low point for wolf numbers in the lower 48 states. The only remaining wolves were in extreme northeastern Minnesota (350-700) and on Isle Royale (about 20). -
Saved`
The wolves started to pop up on the endangerd species act