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  ADMINISTEATIVE 
  EEPOKT. 
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  peninsula 
  and 
  Unimak 
  Island; 
  occasionally 
  a 
  cross 
  fox 
  is 
  found, 
  but 
  

   this 
  variety 
  is 
  extremely 
  scarce. 
  About 
  20 
  years 
  ao;o 
  wolves 
  were 
  

   plentiful 
  on 
  the 
  peninsula, 
  and 
  quite 
  a 
  number 
  could 
  be 
  found 
  on 
  

   Unimak 
  Island. 
  Some 
  12 
  or 
  15 
  years 
  ago, 
  when 
  prospectors 
  began 
  

   coming 
  into 
  the 
  country, 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  poison 
  resulted 
  in 
  the 
  destruction 
  

   of 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  wolves, 
  and 
  a 
  great 
  many 
  foxes 
  and 
  wolverines 
  were 
  

   kiUed 
  off. 
  Wolves 
  are 
  now 
  so 
  scarce 
  on 
  Unimak 
  Island 
  and 
  the 
  

   western 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  peninsula 
  that 
  one 
  would 
  be 
  regarded 
  as 
  a 
  curiosity. 
  

   During 
  the 
  winter 
  of 
  1912-13 
  natives 
  of 
  Bear 
  River 
  killed 
  two 
  brown 
  

   peninsula 
  bears 
  and 
  one 
  black 
  bear. 
  The 
  latter 
  kind 
  is 
  exceedingly 
  

   rare 
  in 
  the 
  region. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  undoubtedly 
  true 
  that 
  during 
  the 
  last 
  decade 
  the 
  fur 
  animals 
  

   of 
  the 
  Alaska 
  Peninsula 
  have 
  been 
  much 
  reduced 
  in 
  abundance, 
  but 
  

   it 
  is 
  confidently 
  believed 
  that 
  not 
  only 
  will 
  the 
  depletion 
  be 
  checked, 
  

   but 
  that, 
  through 
  the 
  rigorous 
  application 
  of 
  present 
  laws 
  and 
  regu- 
  

   lations, 
  there 
  will 
  be 
  a 
  notable 
  increase. 
  An 
  augmented 
  force 
  of 
  game 
  

   and 
  fur 
  wardens 
  and 
  more 
  frequent 
  vi-its 
  to 
  the 
  region 
  in 
  question 
  

   are 
  desirable, 
  and, 
  in 
  fact, 
  necessary 
  to 
  bring 
  about 
  this 
  result. 
  

  

  In 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  western 
  Alaska 
  regions, 
  notably 
  along 
  the 
  southern 
  

   shore 
  of 
  the 
  peninsula, 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  disposition 
  upon 
  the 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  

   natives 
  to 
  disregard 
  the 
  fur 
  and 
  game 
  laws, 
  consultmg 
  as 
  these 
  natives 
  

   do 
  only 
  th<^ir 
  own 
  pleasure 
  and 
  convenience 
  in 
  the 
  matter, 
  under 
  the 
  

   placid 
  belief 
  that 
  any 
  existing 
  restrictions 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  for 
  the 
  

   whites 
  alone. 
  No 
  excceptions 
  are 
  provided 
  in 
  favor 
  of 
  the 
  natives, 
  

   and 
  every 
  opportunity 
  is 
  being 
  taken 
  to 
  correct 
  the 
  misapprehention 
  

   under 
  which 
  they 
  are 
  laboring. 
  It 
  is 
  an 
  inherent 
  characteristic 
  of 
  the 
  

   natives 
  to 
  kill 
  game 
  whether 
  or 
  not 
  they 
  have 
  use 
  for 
  it. 
  For 
  example, 
  

   they 
  have 
  been 
  known 
  to 
  kill 
  food 
  animals 
  like 
  caribou 
  and 
  leave 
  the 
  

   carcasses 
  where 
  they 
  fell 
  without 
  any 
  pretense 
  of 
  u-ing 
  them. 
  This 
  

   practice 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  condemned 
  and 
  deprecated 
  from 
  every 
  point 
  of 
  view, 
  

   and 
  earnest 
  effort 
  must 
  be 
  made 
  to 
  implant 
  in 
  the 
  mind 
  of 
  the 
  native 
  

   a 
  proper 
  appreciation 
  and 
  understanding 
  of 
  the 
  harm 
  resulting 
  from 
  

   such 
  wanton 
  destruction 
  of 
  animal 
  life. 
  

  

  Some 
  of 
  the 
  trappers 
  of 
  the 
  Alaska 
  Peninsula 
  region 
  would 
  like 
  to 
  

   have 
  the 
  open 
  season 
  for 
  foxes 
  extended 
  in 
  the 
  spring 
  two 
  weeks 
  after 
  

   the 
  present 
  closing 
  date 
  of 
  March 
  1. 
  They 
  claim 
  that 
  the 
  fur 
  is 
  prime 
  

   until 
  this 
  date, 
  and 
  that 
  they 
  would 
  rather 
  have 
  the 
  season 
  lengthened 
  

   in 
  the 
  spring 
  and 
  shortened 
  in 
  the 
  fall, 
  for 
  during 
  the 
  latter 
  period 
  

   the 
  fur 
  is 
  less 
  apt 
  to 
  be 
  prime. 
  An 
  extension 
  of 
  the 
  spring 
  season 
  is 
  

   undesirable, 
  as 
  it 
  would 
  lap 
  over 
  into 
  the 
  breeding 
  season. 
  

  

  Some 
  six 
  or 
  seven 
  years 
  ago 
  Radion 
  Duskin, 
  a 
  trader 
  of 
  Belkofskj 
  , 
  

   put 
  a 
  few 
  red 
  foxes 
  on 
  Dolgoi 
  Island, 
  a 
  good-sized 
  island 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  

   peninsula 
  and 
  to 
  the 
  eastward 
  of 
  Belkofsky, 
  and 
  now 
  claims 
  owner- 
  

   ship 
  of 
  all 
  furs 
  on 
  the 
  island. 
  It 
  is 
  stated 
  that 
  the 
  Russians 
  intro- 
  

   duced 
  silver-gray 
  foxes 
  there 
  in 
  their 
  time, 
  and 
  that 
  there 
  are 
  now 
  

  

  