CONSERVATION OF MAMMALS 599 



Bureau of Biol. Survey 

 The last of a noble race. 



and Canada. Sometimes $2500 to $3000 is given for a single ani- 

 mal and $25,000 has been reported to have been paid for a pair of 

 breeding foxes. Skunks, martens, minks, and other animals are 

 also being bred for the market. At last, partly awake to our duty 

 toward the wild animals of this country, the government has made 

 some wise laws and established a few reservations in our National 

 Parks, so that the future for wild life in this country is safer. 



Self-Testing Exercise 



Check the correct statements for your workbook : 



T. F. 1. Overhunting has exterminated the buffalo. 



T. F. 2. The fur seals are now increasing in numbers because they 

 are protected during the breeding season. 



T. F. 3. Raising of fur-bearing animals is a profitable business. 



T. F. 4. The need for protecting the seal is becoming more im- 

 perative each year. 



PROBLEM VI. HOW IS CONSERVATION APPLIED TO MAN? 



We have mentioned in several of the preceding units examples 

 of conservation as applied to human life. The work of communities 

 in giving their inhabitants pure water and milk supplies has resulted 



