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The Killing of the Wolves: Scotland's Extinction Campaign
In this episode of The Story of Scotland, Lucas and Luna explore a forgotten chapter of Scottish history: the systematic eradication of wolves from the land. From the reign of James I, who imposed a tax on clan chiefs to fund wolf hunts, to the last recorded wolf killed in 1680 by Sir Ewen Cameron, the conversation traces how wolves shaped Scottish law, landscape, and legend. They discuss the role of the wolf in clan society, the Wolf Laws of 1457 that required monthly hunts, the invention of the 'wolf plug' trap, and the curious case of the MacQueen clan, whose name means 'son…
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