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This article reports that Jack Lynch (age 57) and Mary Wheeler (age 52) are moving the wolves in their care to a 160-acre lot which they have recently purchased in the Gallatin Range, Montana. One of Lynch's reasons for the move is that Montana is the wolves' natural range and they will lose…
Date: October 19, 1980

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 article reports that Jack Lynch has moved the wolf park from Gardiner, WA to Livingston, MT. Lynch stopped soliciting visitors to "Loboland" a couple of years ago, having never gotten many in the first place, and that an "adopt a wolf" program was started to help fund the wolves. The Gardiner…
Date: September 10, 1981

This article appears in the sensational tabloid the Weekly World News. It profiles Jack Lynch (57 years old), who owns a 250-acre preserve in Emigrant, MT for his buffalo wolves. The wolves are reported to weigh up to 200 pounds each. Lynch raises cattle to feed them, and spends an additional $552…
Date: March 30, 1982

This excerpt covers the section of the book called "The Wolf." It contains two photos - one credited to "E. H. McCleery" and captioned "Wolves, seldom seen now, once ranged over many parts of North America." The other is credited to "Leonard K. Beyer" and is captioned "A captive wolf." Presumably,…
Date: 1986

A letter from Richard Coleman, editor of the Kane Republican, to Jack and Mary Lynch (he got their address from their friend Jim Sirianni). Coleman mentions that each year, the Kane Republican distributes a calendar featuring a local picture to its customers. The most popular calendar featured Dr.…
Date: December 8, 1986

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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 article profiles Jack Lynch (65 years old) and his wife Mary (57 years old) and their work with wolves, of which they currently own 85. Most of them are buffalo wolves, of which Lynch has nurtured three generations over the past 27 years. The Lynches also have nine dogs, nine cats, eight goats,…
Date: June 27, 1988

This article reports on the controversial proposal to reintroduce wolves to Yellowstone National Park. The E. H. McCleery Foundation located near Yellowstone in Emigrant, MT became a topic of conversation when a wolf was recently killed by a car in the area. The wolf was thought to have escaped from…
Date: September/October 1990

This excerpt describes the "Chico Wolf" which was killed by a vehicle near Yellowstone National Park (and near Jack Lynch's wolf preserve) in 1988. It was suspected that the wolf had escaped from Jack's preserve, but Jack denied this, and the wolf did not have any of the identification tattoos…
Date: 2008

This book describes the author's experiences visiting the lobo wolves as a child and how their presence in her town affected her life. The author mentions that Dr. McCleery was initially a wolf bounty hunter, and also mentions that she called Jack Lynch to learn about the wolves' current status and…
Date: 2008

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

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This book is a historical fiction novel based on the life and work of Dr. E. H. McCleery. It chronicles his life, his relationships with others, and his work to save the last of the lobo wolves - Canis lupus nubilus - from a government extermination program.

The book contains many real photos of…
Date: 2013

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This book chapter is a preliminary chapter for the Ostrom family scrapbook compiled by Judy Slack for her book titled "George N. Ostrom: Pioneer, Preservationist, Painter. 1888-1982." (the final published version of this chapter is much shorter).

This chapter describes George N. Ostrom's work as…
Date: 2013

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This photograph depicts a sign advertising the lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA. The sign reads "Worlds Only Lobo Wolves East of Kane on U.S. 6."
Date: August 30, 2013

An interview with Dr. Randall L. Eaton regarding his 1974 Pacific Search Press article "The Lonely Plight of the Lobo Wolves."
Date: November 25, 2013

A memory submitted by Nancy A. Avolese regarding her childhood visit to the wolf park in 1962, her research of Dr. McCleery, and the publishing of her book, “The Wolf Man of Kane, Pennsylvania.”
Date: December 7, 2013

A memory submitted by Karen Kelley D'Anna regarding her father Fred Kelley who used to live next door to Dr. McCleery.
Date: February 10, 2014

A memory submitted by Carolyn (Myers) Kraintz regarding her visit to the lobo wolves.
Date: February 14, 2014

A memory submitted by Dr. Jack Thornton, a retired veterinarian and former owner of Blue Mountain Animal Clinic in Port Angeles, WA regarding his experiences volunteering his veterinary services for Jack Lynch in Gardiner, WA. The initial interview was conducted by Kirsten Canfield over the phone.…
Date: March 4, 2014