WILD-LIFE PRESERVATION NUMBER 



'*«■ ZOOLOGICAL 



SOCIETY BULLETIN 



No. 34. 



Published by the New York Zoological Society 



June, 1909 



Prepared by William T. Horxaday, Director 



A GREAT YEAR FOR GAME PRESERVES. 



IN view of the fair certainty that in twenty- 

 five years more, practically all big game will 

 have disappeared everywhere westward of the 

 Mississippi River outside of the rigidly protect- 

 ed areas, the making of state and national game 

 preserves is of paramount importance. 



As a duty which it owes to the people of 

 America, and to science, the preservation of 

 wild life is one of the three great objects to 

 which the Xew York Zoological Society has con- 

 stantly- devoted attention and effort. 



The past twelve months have produced grand 

 results in the making of hard-and-fast reserves 

 of great size for the perpetuation of wild life. 

 We wonder whether any other year ever will 

 produce, for Americans, an equal result. The 

 following list shows the most important items, 

 and the date on which the consummation of each 

 was completed : 



-May 23, 1908. Montana National Bison Range. 



November 15, 1908. Goat Mountain Park, 

 British Columbia. 



PHILLIPS PEAK AND GOAT PASS, 11,000 FEET HIGH. 

 The center of permanent breeding grounds of an abundance of Mountain Goats, Sheep and Grizzlv B«dl*s. 



JUN 141909 



