CHAPTER XIX 



HOW THE ELK MAY BE SAVED 



IT will be seen from the preceding chapters 

 how serious the elk situation of the Jackson's 

 Hole country is. How can it be relieved? 

 What is the remedy? No one wants to lose the 

 last large herds of elk remaining to us if it is 

 possible to save them. Humanity demands on 

 the other hand that the herds be reduced in 

 size, if they cannot otherwise be provided for 

 in winter, to a point where the limited ranges 

 open to them will support them without undue 

 suffering. The question is, then, can the pres- 

 ent herds be kept in their entirety and provi- 

 sion be made against their suffering? I believe 

 this is possible, though it would not seem wise 

 to permit further increase, as the limit of num- 

 bers, in justice to the animals, appears to have 

 been reached. 



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