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species was not actually exterminated. Dr. Carl Skotts- 

 berg of Gothenborg, Sweden, recently visited those islands 

 and saw a number of fur seals, a few of which he collected 

 as specimens. No doubt this important herd could be 

 rehabilitated under proper international protection. Chile 

 is the country most concerned. 



4. Uruguay. There is a valuable herd of fur seals on 

 Lobos Island in the mouth of the Plata River. This herd is 

 protected by the Uruguayan government but it receives no 

 international protection. Even Uruguay does not seem to 

 realize what a valuable asset this herd can become. 



5. Falkland Islands. The Fur-seal herd on these islands 

 was once very large and valuable, many thousands having 

 been killed in the early part of the last century. Although 

 commercially depleted it is known enough seals remain to 

 make restoration of the herd an easy matter. 



6. South Georgia. These islands, situated in the South 

 Atlantic east of the Falklands once had enormous herds of 

 fur seals. Considerable numbers are said to be there. 



7. South Shetland. These islands in the Antarctic just 

 south of Cape Horn, in the early days, were the breeding 

 grounds of large herds of fur seals and a good many are 

 still left. 



The Falklands, South Georgia andSouth Shetland islands 

 all belong to Great Britain and that country should be deeply 

 interested in rehabilitating the herds. 



8. New Zealand. Fur seals are still found in some 

 numbers on certain islands off the New Zealand coast, ac- 

 cording to Mr. Le Suef, Superintendent of the zoological 

 Park at Sydney. 



9. Australia. Mr. Le Suef also reports that certain is- 

 lands on the coast of Australia have remnants of the large 

 fur seal herds that once frequented them. 



10. Kerguelen Islands. A large herd of fur seals for- 

 merely resorted to these islands which lie southeast of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. A remnant still remains and France, 

 to which the islands belong, would no doubt be interested 

 in restoring the herd. 



In all probability there are small remnants of several 

 other fur seal herds on several other isolated islands not 

 included in the above list. There is every reason to believe 

 that most if not all of these 15 to 20 herds can, through 

 international protection, be restored to their former abund- 

 ance. 



