Preface 



forms, though for others it perhaps comes too late. 

 The enforcement of the law is in charge of the 

 Treasury Department, and permits for shooting 

 and the export of trophies are issued by the Chief 

 of the Biological Survey. 



Although a local affair, yet of interest to the 

 whole country, is the remarkable success of the 

 New York Zoological Park, controlled and man- 

 aged by the New York Zoological Society, 

 brought into existence largely through the efforts 

 of Madison Grant, the present secretary of the 

 Club. The Society has also recently taken over 

 the care of the New York Aquarium. The Society 

 is in a most flourishing condition, and through its 

 extensive collections exerts an important educa- 

 tional influence in a field in which popular interest 

 is constantly growing. 



Under the administration of President Roose- 

 velt, the good work of national forest preserva- 

 tion continues, and the time appears not far dis- 

 tant when vast areas of the hitherto uncultivated 

 West will prove added sources of wealth toi our 

 country. 



The Club has for some time given much 



