120 HOOFED ANIMALS 



LENGTH OF 



BY WHOM SHOT AND HEIGHT AT HEAD AND 



MEASURED LOCALITY SEX SHOULDERS GIRTH BODY 



Carl Rungius New Brunswick 1 . . Male 84 96 115 



Dall DeWeese Alaska 2 Male 80^ 91% 119% 



L. L. Dyche Minnesota 1 Male 78^ 







Until the enactment of the national law of 1902 for the 

 preservation of wild-animal life in Alaska, the huge antlers 

 of the moose of Alaska threatened to cause the annihilation 

 of the species in that territory. "Record heads" and "record 

 antlers" began to be sought for by those who were able to 

 buy them at high prices, and very promptly moose-killing 

 for heads and horns became an established industry. The 

 unfortunate fact that in many portions of southwestern 

 Alaska moose were easily found and killed bore heavily against 

 them. The Kenai Peninsula partook of the character of a 

 moose "preserve" in everything save preservation. 



In 1902, through the combined efforts of naturalists and 

 sportsmen, Congress enacted a law for the protection of the 

 wild animals of Alaska, very wisely charged the Secretary of 

 Agriculture with its enforcement and vested him with wide 

 discretionary power. It was a great day for big game, and 

 for all persons interested in the preservation of our grandest 

 wild animals, when the fauna of Alaska came under the pro- 

 tection of the United States Biological Survey, which is 

 specially charged with the enforcement of the Alaska game 

 law. The killing of moose for salable heads promptly ceased. 

 Excepting by prospectors and natives in great need of food, 

 no moose, white sheep, goat, caribou or big brown bear may 



1 Alces americanus. 



2 Largest of several very large male specimens collected on the Kenai Penin- 

 sula. 



