68 HOOFED ANIMALS 
one locality only, the Yellowstone National Park and the 
country immediately surrounding it, where about 47,000 Elk 
find a safe retreat. 
Every winter the Elk herds of the Yellowstone Park 
migrate southward to feed in the sheltered valleys of Jack- 
son Hole. During these migrations, which usually are made 
through deep snow, Mr. S. N. Leek and others have made 
many fine photographs of the herds. One of Mr. Leek’s 
striking pictures is reproduced herewith. 
In 1912 the number of Elk living in North America was 
about 54,850, distributed as follows: 
Yellowstone Park and its environs. Ress Siete ede 47,000 
Idaho (permanently)... ...... ..... Mae Seed Yee 3600 
Washington (Olympic Mts.)... ....  ..... Seu ota 200 
Oregon ke. “aiaendeaGacek, 34des She, whee ... 600 
California... .......0 ...22.0 0 cece Meee Bote Sea “400 
New York (Adirondacks)... aente fantndhe .... 400 
Minnesota.............. ec aon Saktping edema 50 
Vancouver Island.........00 2.2.2 eee ee 2,000 
British Columbia (8. E.).. 20... 2.22 eee ee 200 
Alberta... ...... Se ees Bly rntnte = atone. cine snd sess seh 1,000 
Saskatchewan. ....... 6.002. ee bom “Reae ® 800 
In various parks and zoological gardens........ ...... 1,000 
It is probable that within a few years the Elk will disap- 
pear from all localities wherein it is not rigidly protected. 
Some Americans who go hunting—lI will not call them sports- 
men—are so greedy, so lawless, and so wasteful of animal life, 
that we frequently hear accounts of Elk slaughter which are 
enough to disgust all decent men. 
Fortunately Elk are easily bred in confinement, and dur- 
ing the last twenty years many good herds have been estab- 
