London, Jan, 29.
Oxford hag hada. most_ citing week of wolt hunting. Three Siberisn wolves escaped on' Monday {rom Kidlington Zoo, Oxford. Two of them were discovered after the lapse of-a few hours, and shot. 'The third, however, "evaded its hunters. for several days. and, on "Wednesday high it Killed 14" sheep. 1 of the dead sheep being' terribly mutilated. 'The owner stated that the night los rough and he-did not hear anything but'for the fact he must have heard the ries of the sheep, because one Was killed ins ditch: a few yards {rom his farmhouse.. Another sheep hod" 9° Teg' taken oft "and. this, was ind a quarter of mile away. Several had been killed" by throat wounds, but the majority were dise membered." They" were scattered over nearly halt' & mile." One sheep was found entangled high bramble bush. It had apparently {tied te jump the hedge to get 3 from the killer: it was reseed harmed party of Oxfordshire pol armed with "service "revolvers" and Filles went to the district. Then the Wolf was seen hanging at the throat of the fourteenth sheep. towards. the northern by-pass. Teerosied the road and entered the gardens of houses. The occupants of the houses barrieaded) themselves. indoors, and one them telephoned to the police. dead. {Children in the district who had to doss the Meld where the wolf had been seen in order to get to school were escorted by an armed guard.
The escape of the wolves was an extraordinary "achievement. They had bitten through tough wire netting. said 10 be of the same pattern as that used at the London Zoo and at Whipsnade, This netting was on a four-foot wall of the cage. and the wolves squeezed through 9 hole not larger than seven inches by five inches.
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