172 THE FUR SEALS OF THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS. 
THE EFFECT UNDER THE PARIS REGULATIONS. 
From these figures we begin to appreciate the effect which pelagic sealing has 
had on the fur-seal herd. At the risk of repetition it is worth while to carry this 
computation one step further and see what has been the condition of things since the 
regulations of the Paris Tribunal went into effect. The following is the result: 
Loss to the Pribilof herd through pelagic sealing since 1894. 
Animals actually secured). scc22e0cesceanes noe oes sees seeeas cesnc ences ast eee ees 187, 000 
Animals shot, but lost (undetermined). 
Unborn pups destroyed with females (75 per cent af above).......-...----.---- 140, 000 
Nursing pups starved (proportion of females killed in Bering Sea)......-...--- 122, 000 
Total scnsscxeueeeacivene mae ee sgene 652d CneS Hee SR EREdeEN MRED Meee oie ve asks 449, 000 
Total land killing, same period..........---2. 22-2. 02-202 2222 ee eee eee eee 80, 000 
It is scarcely necessary to add anything to this arraignment of pelagic sealing. 
In its known effects, coupled with the absence of any other known cause, we must 
adjudge it the efficient cause of the decline. The fur-seal herd has declined and is 
declining solely because of the slaughter of its gravid and nursing females and the 
premature destruction of their offspring. It naturally follows that these figures 
constitute an equally striking and conclusive condemnation of the regulations of the 
Paris award. 
