ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN 



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been extremely active in matters of game pro- 

 tection, and the game laws from Xewfoimd- 

 land to Alaska bear to-day the impress of the 

 Society's work. 



Aluch work has also been done in the matter 

 of game refuges, and through its ofificers the 

 Society has been instrumental in the establish- 

 ment of the Wichita National Bison Range, 

 which, with the ^^lontana National Bison 

 Range, on the Flathead Reservation, have 

 secured for all times the continued existence 

 of the American Bison. Similar refuges must 

 be provided elsewhere, and when established 

 must be stocked with native animals. The 

 Society intends to take up the question of pre- 

 venting the threatened destruction of our 

 marine fainia. The whales, seals and sea- 

 lions demand more legislative protection. 

 There is no organization in existence capable 

 of doing as effective work on a large scale as 

 the Zoological Society : but all this work now 

 halts for lack of funds. If money were pro- 

 vided on a large scale there is no reason why 

 the Zoological Society could not take a leading 

 part in the great conservation movement which 

 is just beginning. 



The Society has the confidence of its mem- 

 bers, it has the confidence of the City authori- 

 ties, and the confidence of the public at large : 

 and it is only lack of funds which prevents a 

 great and immediate expansion of its active- 

 ness and usefulness. It is interesting to note 

 the tribute bestowed by the present administra- 

 tion of New York upon the efficiency of the 

 management of the Society, in the fact that 

 Mayor AlcClellan asked the Society to take the 

 charge and control of the menagerie at Central 

 Park. This the Society reluctantly declined to 

 do, on the ground that no proper treatment of 

 the menagerie could be made without prac- 

 tically rebuilding the institution at a cost 

 which could be more eff'ectively used for simi- 

 lar purposes elsewhere. 



The foregoing is a brief review of what 

 has been accomplished in ten years by a young 

 Society devoting a large amount of time and 

 energv to civic and scientific institutions. 

 With the expenditure of a similar amount of 

 enthusiasm, the next ten years can easily be 

 made even more notable in achievements in 

 other and larger spheres. 



