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out expense and without appreciable loss to 

 herself, permit other States to capture young 

 elk that would otherwise starve, to stock adapt- 

 able ranges in these other States. The number 

 to be captured and transported could be agreed 

 upon, and it would be but just that the State 

 receiving the elk give Wyoming a guarantee of 

 a permanent closed season and of proper pro- 

 tection for the animals. 



It is certainly up to Wyoming to take some 

 steps toward the proper protection of her elk. 

 If she does not do so promptly and continues 

 to permit wholesale starving, the Federal au- 

 thorities should take the matter in hand. If an 

 individual were to treat one cow as cruelly as 

 Wyoming annually treats thousands of elk, his 

 neighbors would raise a howl of horror and the 

 humane societies would lose no time in setting 

 legal machinery in motion to have him severely 

 punished. How long will the Federal govern- 

 ment permit this condition to continue? Is it 

 not after all a condition that calls for Federal 

 control? The bulk of the elk that suffer are 

 nurtured and reared in Yellowstone National 

 Park under Federal supervision and are tran- 

 sient residents of the ranges outside the park 

 boundaries. 



Every citizen of the United States, therefore, 



