The Fur Animals of Louisiana 



The Louisiana State Wild Life Refuge, in Vermilion parish and .shown J, y th * d otted 

 eection. the Paul J. Rainey Refuge, administered by the National Association of Audubon 

 Societies. 



This shows that this area served not only its purpose 

 as a refuge for the migratory wild waterfowl but earned 

 the first year approximately $9,600.00; the second season, 

 $12,000.00, and the next year would have brought in $14,- 

 400.00, but trapping was stopped after the first half of 

 the season and only one-half of the rental was paid in. All 

 this without a nickel's output for stocking the fur animals 

 or feeding them throughout the year. 



The exact amount of fur taken off the Rainey Refuge 

 property is shown in the following figures furnished by 

 Dick Gordon, superintendent of the refuge, with an esti- 

 mated valuation to the trappers : 



