Hyena Chews Off Wolf's Leg at Zoo [Article in Kane Republican]

This article reports that at Belle Isle Zoo in Detroit, a hyena chewed off a timber wolf's leg when the wolf's foot got caught in the wire separating the two species' cages. This behavior is attributed to the two species being "traditional enemies." The director of the zoo, John Ireland, shot the injured wolf. Partial text of the article is quoted below.

January 14, 1933

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Belle Isle Zoo is minus one of its three timber wolves today because of the eternal warfare between the wolves and the hyenas. One of the big grey animals was pacing his cage when his foot caught in the wire separating his cage from that of the hyena.