Hunting at High Altitudes 



The remarks about the walrus and whales have 

 been unfortunately confirmed by the event. Nor- 

 wegian whalers are now operating against these 

 huge and unwieldy animals in the waters of Bering 

 Sea, and unless immediate steps are taken to pro- 

 tect them by treaty, it is probable that they will 

 soon join the Rhytina of the same region in the list 

 of exterminated animals. 



Whaling is now carried on in waters of the In- 

 land Passage with great activity. Protection 

 through international action here also is greatly 

 needed to save these mammals. It is a pity that 

 the work, energy and time expended over the mis- 

 erable fur seal controversy, now raging, could not 

 have been applied also to the preservation of these 

 forms of marine life, which are far more in danger 

 than the fur seals, since the latter, having a com- 

 mercial value, were bound to attract attention 

 sooner or later. 



Alaska has now a Territorial Legislature, which 

 will undoubtedly claim the right to regulate its 

 own game laws, but if control of the making and 

 enforcement of the regulations be turned over to 

 the residents, without Federal control, it will be 

 the death knell of many species of the game. The 

 men who live in Alaska constitute a floating popu- 

 lation for the most part of miners whoi have no 



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