The Condition of Wild Life in Alaska 



measuring nearly six feet from nose to tip of tail. 

 A large percentage of these wolves are black. 

 Coyotes have pushed north from the American 

 boundary as far as White Horse, at the headwaters 

 of the Yukon River. 



Foxes. Red, cross, silver and black foxes occur 

 in the interior. The two latter command enor- 

 mous prices, in some cases as high as $1,000 for 

 one skin. These animals are being killed off by 

 the use of poison in the hands of white men, and 

 many more are destroyed than are recovered. The 

 natives are afraid to use poison, owing to several 

 tragedies which have occurred from its careless 

 handling. 



Along the Arctic and Bering Sea coast white 

 foxes abound, and blue fox:es are found from the 

 mouth of the Yukon River southward, their center 

 of abundance being Nelson Island, in Bering Sea, 

 near the mouth of the Kuskokwim River. 



Bear. Bear are extremely abundant in Alaska, 

 especially on the Pacific Coast. Their great num- 

 bers are probably due to the fact that they have 

 an abundant food supply in the great schools of 

 salmon that ascend the rivers. Before the arrival 

 of the salmon, these bear, like the grizzlies of our 

 own Rockies, feed on spermophiles and grass. 

 During the salmon season they are easily found 



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