What Is Happening to the Animals and Birds i8i 



Even in the jungles of 

 far-away Africa, where we 

 would think the animals 

 are exposed to little dan- 

 ger of extinction, some of 

 them, such as the elephant, 

 are in urgent need of pro- 

 tection. In the far North 

 the great polar bear will 

 not long survive unless 

 rigidly protected. 



What terrible scourge 

 has so suddenly come upon 

 the birds and animals that 

 once adorned our country ? 

 How is it that in the short 

 space of fifty years many 

 of them have almost dis- 

 appeared from their an- 

 cient haunts ? We feel Hke 

 hiding our faces in shame, 

 for it is the same man 

 scourge that for many 

 hundreds of years has been 

 destroying the forests, the animals, and the birds of many 

 other countries. 



The helplessness of all the wild creatures before man's 

 destructive weapons should arouse our S3rmpathy, if noth- 

 ing else does. Lea^'ing out of account a few predatory 

 animals that destroy large numbers of other animals, we 

 should most earnestly try to protect those that remain. 



Finlcy &° Bohlman 

 A California condor. 



