of Edmonton, Alta. The numbers of these animals have 

 been variously estimated from 300 to 1,000, although no 

 reliable information in this connection has yet been 

 received. 



Regulations forbidding the killing of these animals 

 have been existent for some years and have been enforced 

 by the Royal Northwest Mounted Police. Reports 

 have, however, been received by the Department of the 

 Interior during recent j^ears of the serious inroads made 

 in the herd by wolves, and though a substantial bounty 

 was offered for their destruction, the Indians, owing to 

 tribal superstitions, could not be induced to earn the 

 bounty. To meet this situation the Department of the 

 Interior has sent an experienced trapper and a young 

 student of biology, skilled in wood-craft, to destroy as 

 many wolves as possible, and to report fully as to the 

 character of the country, the range, numbers and habits 

 of the buffalo, and the best means of further protecting 

 them. It is hoped that, when this region becomes more 

 accessible, it may be possible to caj^ture some of these 

 animals and transfer them to some of the government 

 herds for breeding purposes. 



FRED. H. BYSHE. 



