THE GAME ANIMALS OF CANADA 75 
antelope is absolutely protected by law for a period of years, 
and, although a certain amount of illegal killing undoubtedly 
takes place, nevertheless the watchfulness of the provin- 
cial game wardens and of the members of the Canadian 
Mounted Police appears to be checking any further de- 
crease in numbers due to hunting. 
The Dominion Parks Branch of the Department of In- 
terior has been active in its earnest endeavour to save the 
antelope from extermination. Several attempts have been 
made to breed the antelope in the national parks in the 
west, particularly in the Buffalo Park at Wainwright, Alta., 
but without success. With the assistance of Mr. Thompson 
Seton, three areas have been set aside as reserves for an- 
telope, one in Alberta and two in Saskatchewan. In the 
spring of 1914 the Branch was advised of the presence of a 
small herd of antelope near Foremost, Alta. Mr. Maxwell 
Graham, in charge of the Animal Division of the Branch, 
immediately proceeded to the locality and was successful in 
enclosing, with a suitable fence about twelve miles in length, 
an area of about 5,160 acres, a herd discovered near the 
junction of two deep coulées. The land is mostly unsettled, 
and as yet is unfitted for agriculture. Broken by numerous 
ravines, it contains excellent summer and winter range, 
and such vegetation as sage-brush, cactus, and antelope 
grass, as well as water. At the time of capture the herd 
consisted of forty-two animals, and this number has now 
increased to about one hundred. 
All animal-lovers are unanimous in their hope that the 
earnest efforts that are now being made by the Dominion 
and the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan, not merely 
to prevent the extermination but to secure an increase in 
numbers of this mcomparably beautiful and unique member 
of our wild life, will be attended with success. The creation 
in the minds of the farmers and ranchers living within the 
antelope range of a sympathetic attitude towards the pres- 
