and remained so until April, 1923, when he visited the Grand Canyon and made 

 a study of the situation on the ground, with the aid of several local authorities, 

 whose opinions in the matter were of value. The result of this conference was the 

 unanimous approval of the plan. Simultaneously with this move, Mr. E. A. 

 Goldman, of the Biological Survey, visited the Grand Canyon, made a searching 

 personal investigation and officially reported in favor of the scheme. It then 

 remained only to carry it into effect. 



"Dr. Nelson, of the Biological Survey, estimated that $2,000 would be required 

 to procure an antelope herd and transport it safely to the Grand Canyon, where 

 the animals would be taken in charge by the Biological Survey and the National 

 Park Service, and establislied on a permanent basis on the Tonto Plateau. Mr. 

 Brownell immediately offered to subscribe $1,000 of the fund required, and 

 the Permanent Wild Life Protection Fund pledged the remainder. The details 

 are now being worked out by the officers of the Biological Survey, and there is 

 every reason to believe that by September or October, 1924, a herd of at least 

 ten young antelope will be successfully installed on the Tonto Plateau, a short 

 distance below the Bright Angel Trail." 



The saving of the antelope is a much more difficult undertaking 

 than the saving of the bison, because the animals themselves are 

 very delicate. In their natural habitat they depend largely on their 

 keen vision and fleetness of foot, and as the country is settled their 

 natural ranges are being pre-empted, particularly by the sheepmen 

 who kill them ruthlessly. Unless something is done to preserve them 

 on ranges of their own selection where they are now found, in a 

 few years they will become extinct. 



We cordially invite all the members of the Society, and of similar 

 conservation societies, and all lovers of wild life, to co-operate with 

 and assist the officers of the Bison Society in their efforts to preserve 

 the Prong Horn Antelope of America. 



Respectfully submitted, 



Edmund Seymour. 



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