120 HOOFED ANIMALS 
LENGTH OF 
BY WHOM SHOT AND NEIGHT AT HEAD AND 
MEASURED LOCALITY SEX SHOULDERS GIRTH BODY 
Carl Rungius..... New Brunswick!.. Male 84 96 115 
Dall DeWeese... . . Alaska?......... Male 8034 9134 11934 
L. L. Dyche...... Minnesota!...... Male 7814 
Until the enactment of the national law of 1902 for the 
preservation of wild-animal life in Alaska, the huge antlers 
of the moose of Alaska threatened to cause the annihilation 
of the species in that territory. “Record heads” and “record 
antlers” began to be sought for by those who were able to 
buy them at high prices, and very promptly moose-killing 
for heads and horns became an established industry. The 
unfortunate fact that in many portions of southwestern 
Alaska moose were easily found and killed bore heavily against 
them. The Kenai Peninsula partook of the character of a 
moose “preserve” in everything save preservation. 
In 1902, through the combined efforts of naturalists and 
sportsmen, Congress enacted a law for the protection of the 
wild animals of Alaska, very wisely charged the Secretary of 
Agriculture with its enforcement and vested him with wide 
discretionary power. It was a great day for big game, and 
for all persons interested in the preservation of our grandest 
wild animals, when the fauna of Alaska came under the pro- 
tection of the United States Biological Survey, which is 
specially charged with the enforcement of the Alaska game 
law. The killing of moose for salable heads promptly ceased. 
Excepting by prospectors and natives in great need of food, 
no moose, white sheep, goat, caribou or big brown bear may 
1 Alces americanus. 
2 Largest of several very large male specimens collected on the Kenai Penin- 
sula. 
