ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN 51 
THE BAY LYNX OR WILD CAT 
Often called the Bob-Cat. 
It is our opinion that fur-bearing animals 
are on the increase, and will continue to in- 
crease. There are some sections where the 
fur bearers have almost disappeared, but this 
is not the result of trapping. It is usually 
the result of some vast drainage project, 
which does away with a large area of swampy 
country and turns it into farm land. Fur- 
bearing animals leave these sections, but as 
a rule usually show up in some other section 
of the country. 
We do not believe that the fur supply of 
the country will ever be materially affected 
by legitimate trapping. It is only in sections 
where entire ponds or lakes are drained in 
order to get the muskrat, or where their houses 
are destroyed, that any great damage is done, 
and these cases are comparatively few and 
far between. 
The bulk of furs are taken by the man or 
the boy in the country who sets out a dozen 
steel traps, and his catch amounts to a half 
dozen to a dozen skins a season. These are 
the people that we urge and whom we are try- 
ing to educate up to protecting the fur-bearers 
in their immediate vicinity, and, as stated 
above, we believe we have accomplished a 
great deal along this line. 
If at any time I or my firm can be of any 
service to you, please do not fail to call on us. 
With kindest personal regards, 
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Very truly yours, 
Funsten Bros. & Co., 
International Fur Exchange. 
(Signed) A. M. Auern, Mice-Pres. 
Tue Ovriook in Canapa Hoprrur, Provipep 
THE Fur Suppty is INTELLIGENTLY 
CONSERVED 
Letter from Holt, Renfrew § Company, of Mon- 
treal and Quebec, dated Montreal, 
March 28, 1921, 
In regard to your request for a general 
statement as to the prospects of a continu- 
ance of the fur supply of Canada, we do not 
feel that there is any grave cause for alarm in 
regard to this matter, providing proper game 
and trapping laws are continued in force. 
We think the Provincial Government is 
making a much closer study of the proper 
way of conserving fur-bearing animals than 
formerly, and the percentage of unprime furs 
taken is now very much less than in the past. 
A proper understanding of the prime sea- 
sons, on the part of the legislators, and prohi- 
