. Brehm's Life of animals : a complete natural history for popular home instruction and for the use of schools. Mammalia. Mammals; Animal behavior. 192 THE BEASTS OF PREY. change and need of a proportionately great supply of food, therefore the dangerous animal causes sad havoc among the flocks that he can reach. His favorite game is among domestic flocks and the larger wild animals, both furred and feathered, but lie also contents himself with the smallest, even eat- ing insects ; and he does not disdain vegetable food, consuming, it is said, maize, melons, pumpkins, cu- cumbers, potatoes, et
. Brehm's Life of animals : a complete natural history for popular home instruction and for the use of schools. Mammalia. Mammals; Animal behavior. 192 THE BEASTS OF PREY. change and need of a proportionately great supply of food, therefore the dangerous animal causes sad havoc among the flocks that he can reach. His favorite game is among domestic flocks and the larger wild animals, both furred and feathered, but lie also contents himself with the smallest, even eat- ing insects ; and he does not disdain vegetable food, consuming, it is said, maize, melons, pumpkins, cu- cumbers, potatoes, etc. The mischief he causes by his hunting might be borne, though it is con- siderable, if he were not impelled by his wild hunting zeal and indomitable thirst for blood to slay more than he needs for his sustenance. This renders him a curse to the flock-owner and sports- man, and makes him everybody's cordially hated enemy. During the summer he is less harmful than in winter. The forest gives him much food besides his regular game, such as Foxes, Hedgehogs, Mice, various birds and reptiles and vegetable food, so the only domestic animals which fall a prey to him are the smaller ones which graze unsuspectingly near his haunt. He commits fearful ravages among the wild animals, such as Elks, Stags, Fallow Deer and Roes, and he exterminates nearly all Hares in his range, the only prey procurable in winter in the proximity of villages. He does not neglect to profit by oppor- tunities, and enters stables without scruple, slaying all smaller domestic animals he can find. The in- habitants of the localities he infests lose a great number of their Dogs every winter, and the Wolf- hunter usually sacrifices several of his faithful com- panions in the chase during the summer. When the Wolf hunts in packs, he also attacks Horses and Cattle, though these animals know how to defend themselves. It is said in Russia that hungry packs of Wolves even attack Bears and finally come out victorious in
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