Wolf Timeline: Blake

By bharm123

  • 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