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The New York Zoological Society is a private scientific association which, under 

 contract with the City of New York, is vested witli the sole control and management of 

 the New York Zoological Park, and of the New York Aquarium. 



The Society is national in scope and appeals to all Americans who are interested in 

 the preservation of our heritage of wild life. The forces at work for the destruction of 

 animals and birds arc multiplying rapidly, and the Society believes that great efforts are 

 necessary to preserve and protect the remnants. 



To those who are interested in the study and preservation of all forms of wild life 

 in Nortli America, the Society offers an economical, efficient and permanent organization 

 devoted to that end. The work contemplated for the future is as follows: 



1. Endowment Fund. — The increase of the pres- 

 ent Endowment Fund is the most imperative need. 

 Without a substantial addition, either by donations 

 or bequests, the Society will not be on a satisfac- 

 tory financial basis, and its work will continue to 

 be hampered for lack of funds. The present Fund 

 is less than $375,000. 



2. Zoological Park. — Development of the Zoo- 

 logical Park, 264 acres in extent, and the care and 

 increase of its collection of over 4,000 animals. 



3. Aquarium Development . — Development and 

 administration of the New York Aquarium, and 

 the extension of its marine exhibits of nearly 6,000 

 specimens. 



4. Aquarium Improvements. — The alteration of 

 the present Aquarium Building so as to remove 

 the boilers that are daily flooded at high tide, to 

 a site outside the present building. The space 

 then could be devoted to additional exhibits. Sev- 

 eral more rooms are needed, also, by the adminis- 

 trative force, and for research work in connection 

 with the scientific utilization of the immense mass 

 of gross material that is available. This change 

 would cost upward of .$100,000. 



5. Pension Fund. — The enlargement of the Per- 

 manent Pension Fund for employees. The Soci- 

 ety's contribution to the present fund is $8,000, 

 of" which $4,335 is derived from a fund of $100,000 

 provided through the generosity of the late An- 

 drew Carnegie. An additional $150,000 is required 

 to provide adequate relief for widows, the perma- 

 nence of the present pension plan and to relieve 

 the Society of its annual contribution of $3,665. 



6. Tropical Station. — Maintenance of the Tropi- 

 cal Zoological Station in South America for study 

 and research work in tropical life, the publication 

 of the scientific results obtained, and as a source 

 of supply for the Park and Aquarium collections. 



7. Publication. — Scientific studies on the care 

 of wild animals and fishes in captivity. This work 

 should be accomplished in 1920. 



8. Publication in Zoologica of a series of scien- 

 tific articles of great value on living animals, and 

 in Zoopathologica of medical and pathological ma- 

 terial on the diseases of wild animals. 



9. Pathology ami Anatomy. — Research and in- 

 vestigation in pathology and anatomy through the 

 Prosector's department. 



10. Photographs: — Publication in permanent 

 form of photographs taken at the Park of great 

 value to science. 



11. Wild Life Paintings. — Completion of the gal- 

 lery of oil paintings to include all American spe- 

 cies of large mammals and of such other mam- 

 mals and birds as are threatened with extermina- 



tion. These pictures are of great artistic merit 

 and are prepared from accurate studies gathered 

 in the habitat of each animal. Nineteen pictures 

 already have been completed and hung in the Ad- 

 ministration Building. 



12. Heads and Horns Museum: — The erection 

 and equipment of a museum on Baird Court to con- 

 tain the National Collection of Heads and Horns. 

 This Museum will be open to the public, and will 

 contain the present collection of 870 specimens, 

 which is already of unique value, as many of the 

 species represented are verging on extinction. Un- 

 der existing conditions abroad, the Society will 

 have the opportunity of securing many record 

 specimens at low prices. The fund has been 

 partly subscribed, but more will be needed to in- 

 crease the variety and number of the collection. 



13. Zoological Library. — Establishment of a zoo- 

 logical library, greatly needed for research work 

 at the Park. It is the intention of the Society 

 to install in the library at the Zoological Park 

 all the literature available, that relates to the 

 present world-wide conservation movement. The 

 literature on this subject is widely scattered, 

 but the best of it should be gathered and made 

 available for those engaged in preserving our heri- 

 tage of wild life and forests. Adequate funds 

 have not been available for the library, and scien- 

 tific work, even for the identification of specimens, 

 has suffered accordingly. 



14. Game Protection. — Establishment of Game 

 Sanctuaries in the National Forest Reserves. This 

 is the most practical plan for permanently pro- 

 tecting American wild life. The success of the 

 Yellowstone National Park as a game sanctuary 

 has been abundantly demonstrated. 



15. Game Protection. — Maintenance of existing 

 game laws, and the extension of laws prohibiting 

 the sale of game, spring shooting, use of automatic 

 guns, and in the promotion of closed seasons for 

 species threatened with extinction. Appeals for 

 financial help for these causes are constantly re- 

 ceived from all over the United States and Canada. 



16. Stream Protection. — Many of the finest 

 American rivers and streams have been polluted 

 by dye waste, chemicals from pulp mills, sawdust, 

 sewage from towns and villages, and other defil- 

 ing and poisonous materials. The result has been 

 the destruction of many valuable and interesting 

 fishes, notably salmon and shad, and the trans- 

 formation of beautiful woodland streams into a 

 menace to public health and a blot on the land- 

 scape. The Society intends to attempt to abate 

 these evil conditions and prevent their extension, 

 as soon as funds are available. 



