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$14,000 in practical causes for the saving of wild life from fur- 

 ther unjustifiable destruction at the hands of relentless men. 



In view of the needs of the future for a regular annual 

 income of at least $5,000 which can be wholly devoted to the pro- 

 tection of wild life, with the unofficial approval of two officers 

 of the Society, the Director of the Park has undertaken to raise 

 by methods of his own, and chiefly among his own friends, a 

 fund of $100,000 which he has named the Permanent Wild Life 

 Protection Fund. This efi'ort has the sympathy and best wishes 

 of the Society, and the results that already have been achieved 

 point to complete success in the reasonably-near future. 



Two things are absolutely certain : 



(1.) The struggle for the preservation of wild life must be 

 kept up continuously, to the end of Time. 



(2.) It is not possible to meet and combat the organized and 

 well-financed forces of destruction without permanent campaign 

 funds with which to support the army of the defense. This So- 

 ciety must have for this purpose at least $5,000 per year, and 

 more if it can be provided. 



THE WIND CAVE NATIONAL BISON HERD. 



Early in 1913, Professor Franklin W. Hooper, President of 

 the American Bison Society, decided that steps should be taken 

 to locate a national bison herd somewhere in the northern por- 

 tion of the great plains region, once densely populated with wild 

 bison. It was decided to seek a site for a new range in south- 

 western South Dakota ; and accordingly J. Alden Loring was en- 

 gaged to visit that region, examine it thoroughly, and endeavor 

 to find a good location for the proposed new herd. Mr. Loring 

 reported that the Wind Cave National Park off'ered the oppor- 

 tunity desired. 



Professor Hooper, as President of the Bison Society, for- 

 mally submitted a proposal to the Department of Agriculture, 

 and offered that in case Wind Cave Park should be dedicated to 

 the purpose in view, the Bison Society would present to the Gov- 

 ernment a nucleus herd of not less than fifteen pure-blood bison. 



The offer of the Bison Society was promptly accepted, and 

 Congress immediately appropriated the funds necessary to carry 

 the governmental part of the plan into effect. Some additional 

 land was purchased, to improve the water supply, and the fenc- 

 ing necessary was provided for. 



