Red Wolves of Texas

Red Wolves

Conflicting Canids : Re-examining the Smith-Cherokee “War on Wolves,” 1961-1966.

“I’ve trapped dark wolves before, but this is the first black wolf I’ve seen,” said Billy Bass, county trapper for both Smith and Cherokee counties. Bass went on in an interview to specify that his ninety-second catch was “pure wolf… The animal has a typical wolf-like head, feet and tail.”1 In 1962…

How to Draw a Wolf

Filler in the Tyler Morning Telegraph, January 15, 1961.