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This photograph depicts Dr. McCleery holding two wolf pups, which appear to be touching noses, 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

This article describes Dr. E. H. McCleery’s relationship with his wolves, the diet of his wolves, how his wolf pups are raised, and how his wolves behave towards McCleery’s chickens and ducks. The article also describes the maternal behavior of female wolves and the relative intelligence of wolves.…

Date: June 5, 1927

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 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