PROTECTION OF FAUNA IN U.S.S.R.—DEMENTIEV 485 
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March and the 29th of June (Julian calendar)—certainly a progres- 
sive measure. 
At that time hunting success was considered from only one point of 
view—the quantity of animals taken. The increase of population, the 
perfection of hunting arms, the steadily rising prices for game—al] 
this, seen from the economic angle, caused the intensification of hunt- 
ing as an industry (and asa sport). 
The negative influence of human activity in our country increased 
toward the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th. Its 
chief victims were the sea otter (Znhydris lutris), the northern fur 
seal (Callorhinus ursinus), the sable, the European moose (A/ces 
alces), etc. The statistics are incomplete, but the facts themselves 
cannot be doubted. 
The Soviet Government in 1917 had to face altogether new problems 
in the field of conservation and the exploitation of nature. The funda- 
mental social changes, the suppression of large estates, and the na- 
tionalization of the Jand necessitated the founding of a completely 
new system, both scientific and rational, of exploitation of natural 
resources. New methods for the conservation of nature were espe- 
cially necessary. The general characteristics of this system follow. 
The protection of nature is thought of as an important social 
problem of scientific, moral, esthetic, and economic character. The 
solution of this problem certainly has great value to the present gener- 
ation, as well as to those of the future. Therefore, the protection of 
