Manly Hardy's family was a preeminent buyer of Furs in 19th Century Maine........Manly himself was also a Fur buyer, hunter and naturalist who authored a multitude of articles about the wildlife of northern New England..............U. of Maine Biologist William Krohn recently published a conpendium of Hardy's many writings and today we focus on his account of the WOLF in Maine in the mid 1800's----"IN 1853, WOLVES WERE VERY PLENTY, AND IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS THEY WERE NOT SCARCE"........"PLENTY COULD BE FOUND WITHIN 16 MILES OF BANGOR IN 1857 AND 1858"----Manly Hardy

THE WOLF CRY IN MAINE--THE WRITINGS OF MANLY HARDY(Maine Fur Buyer, Hunter and Naturalist; born 1832,,,,,died 1910)


-"There were rumors of Wolves being seen from 1875 to 1880, but the  first real proof I can give is that in 1880, I bought the skin of a freshly killed Wolf, taken at Union River"

-"I have never known these animals(Wolves) as rapacious as they are, to extend their attacks to man, though they probably would if very hungry, and a favorable opportunity presented itself"

Eastern Wolf  C.lupus lycaon) in Algonquin Park, Canada--likely the Wolf of Hardy's 19th Cent. Maine

-"Previous to the us of srychnine, some wolves were trapped, and I have seen quite a number that were trapped on Chemo Bay",,,,,,,,"After poison began to be commonly used, the Wolves began to decrease, although I feel as much by migration as by being killed"

-"While plenty(Wolves) in 1850, there were extremely few left by 1860"

-"In years when beech nuts were abundant, our Wolves used to eat a good many., and I have seen where a Wolf has fed on deer and beechnuts in the same day"

-"In conclusion, I will say that although Wolves made sad havoc among our deer, as well as farmers sheep, I have never known of a case of them troubling either men or cattle