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ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN. 



The Bison Society has been greatly benefitted 

 by the terminal facilities afforded its president 

 in the New York Zoological Park, and desires 

 to record here an expression of its gratitude. 



A showing of the entire bison subscription, by 

 states, is as follows: 



SUMMARY OF SUBSCRIPTIONS. 



New York $5,213.00 



Massachusetts 2,320.00 



Minnesota 1,054.00 



Pennsylvania 503.00 



Montana 366.00 



Illinois _ 177.50 



District of Columbia _ 149.00 



Connecticut 97.00 



New Jersey 92.00 



California 91.00 



Michigan 83.00 



Ohio 72.00 



Missouri 53.00 



New Hampshire 53.00 



Oklahoma _ 48.00 



Rhode Island _ 39.10 



Nebraska _ _ 32.00 



England 25.00 



Colorado 15.00 



Arizona 15.00 



Florida 10.00 



Maryland 8.00 



Washington 7.50 



France _ 6.90 



Iowa 6.00 



Wyoming _ 5.00 



Kentucky _ 4.50 



Maine _ 4.00 



West Virginia 4.00 



"Anonymous" - 3.00 



South Carolina 1.00 



Louisiana 1 .00 



Vermont 1 00 



British Columbia 1.00 



Total $10,560.50 



EX-PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S REC- 

 ORD IN WILD-LIFE PRESERVATION. 



AMONG other things left behind him of 

 which he and his friends may well be proud, 

 ex-President Roosevelt has gone out of of- 

 fice with a most enviable record as a promoter 

 of measures for the protection of wild life. Of 

 course those who knew him best expected much 

 of him, but it is safe to say that even the most 

 hopeful anticipations have been surpassed. 



In one short article it is quite impossible to 

 enumerate more than a very few of the measures 

 that should be named in this connection. It is 

 safe to say that during the whole of his six years 

 as president, no measure calculated to benefit the 

 wild life of North America ever was put before 

 him without receiving his instant sympathy and 

 consistent support. He never ignorantly and 

 parsimoniously killed an act for the perpetua- 

 tion of the bison, nor left the gray squirrel a 



prey to gunners because it was too much trouble 

 to sign the bill that had been passed in its be- 

 half, — as did an executive officer of a most im- 

 portant state. 



Even the briefest enumeration of the wild- 

 life measures favored and promoted by ex-Presi- 

 dent Roosevelt must include the following: 



The Alaska game laws of 1902 and 1907. 



The establishment of the Wichita Game Ref- 

 uge, Oklahoma, in 1902, and the acceptance of 

 the bison herd in 1907. 



The establishment of the Yellowstone Park 

 bison herd in 1902. 



The increased attention given the big game 

 in the Yellowstone Park, including the vigorous 

 prosecution of poachers in 1907-08. 



The creation of the Grand Canon game 

 refuge, in Arizona, 1906. 



The order prohibiting hunting or trapping 

 of game on the Fort Niobrara Military Reserva- 

 tion, Nebraska, 1908. 



The passage of the bill providing for the 

 Montana National Bison Range in 1908, and 

 two supplementary measures in 1909- 



The creation of 53 Federal Bird Refuges, 

 1903-1907. 



The creation of the Mt. Olympus National 

 Monument, Washington, 1909. 



The creation of the Superior National Forest 

 and Game Preserve, Minnesota, 1909- 



The meting of the North American Conserva- 

 tion Commission, and its declaration for game 

 protection, 1909- 



Is not this record sufficient of itself to make 

 a reign illustrious ? We think it is. 



SOME OF THE IMPORTANT THINGS TO 



BE DONE FOR THE PROTECTION 



OF WILD LIFE. 



CONDEMN as unsportsmanlike and unfair 

 the use of the noiseless gun in killing wild 

 life. 



Establish Glacier National Park, as a forest 

 and game preserve. 



Establish the Appalachian National Forest 

 Preserve, — saying nothing at present about the 

 game! 



Work for the enactment of a perpetual close 

 season on all the antelope, caribou, mountain 

 sheep and mountain goats in the United States, 

 wherever situated. 



Encourage Colorado in the creation of a 

 State Game Preserve in Estes Park. 



Discourage the use of wild game as necessary 

 food for civilized man. 



Discourage the killing of shore birds (Order 

 Limicoloe) as "game," and "food" for man. 



