NEWS BY MAIL
. <Ss» 7 •-*} WOLVES AS FRIENDSii>/
Onlookers peering captiously, into the wolves’ enclosure at Whipsnade Zoo must have been horrified when they ssaw a man walk through the trees and whistle to a-group of wolves. The wolves bounded towards him, and the first to reach the intru T der jumped up to his shoulders. . and sent him flying backwards. Then tho most astonishing thing happened. As the man picked himselfup, two of the animals ran delightedly in.a circle round him and followed him as tamely as dogs to the. end of‘ the enclosure. Actually they 'were old friends, for the visitor was the. Wolf Man—Mr. D 7 S. Steuwart, - a fellow of the Zoological Society, w]io for tho last 10 years has -tamed woTves at the London Zoo. •In ap interview vith a reporter of the “Daily Mail" Mr. Steuwart said:—“When you get to know a nvolf properly he is tho most affectionate animal friend yon can have.’’ ...
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 11832, 13 January 1933, Page 2
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