ItfN 29 f909 



Wild-Life Preservation Number 



ZOOLOGICAL 

 SOCIETY BULLETIN 



No. S', 



I'uhJishcd 1)1/ fhr Xnc' York Zoological Soc'tct tf 



June. 1009 



rUEPAUEI) BY WiLLIAJI T. HoiiXADAV, Dill F.CTO It 



A GREAT YEAR FOR GAJME PRESERVES. 



IN view of the fair certainty that in twenty- 

 five years more, practically all big game will 

 have disappeared everywhere westward of the 

 Mississippi River outside of the rigidly protect- 

 ed areas, the making of state and national game 

 preserves is of paramount importance. 



As a duty which it owes to the peojilc of 

 America, and to science, the preservation of 

 wild life is one of the three great objects to 

 which the Xew York Zoological Societ}' has con- 

 stantlv devoted attention and effort. 



The past twelve months have produced grand 

 results in the making of hard-and-fast reserves 

 of great size for the perpetuation of wild life. 

 We wonder whether any other year ever will 

 ])roduce. for Americans, an equal result. The 

 following list shows the most important items, 

 and the date on which the consummation of each 

 was completed : 



-May 23, 1908. ^lontana National Bison Range. 



November 15, 1008. Goat ^Mountain Park, 

 British Columbia. 



PHILLIPS PEAK AND GOAT PASS, 11,000 FEET HIGH 

 It breeding grounds of an abundance of Mountain 



Sheep and Grizzly Be 



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