BULLETIN NUMBER TEN 



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SLAUGHTER OF GAME IN PORTUGUESE 

 TERRITORY. 



During the years 1920 and 1921, certain Portuguese 

 Territory within easy reach of the Transvaal has suffered 

 from hunters coming from without, animated by the re- 

 cently revived craze for game slaughter that has broken out 

 among a certain class of white South Africans. In June, 

 1921, two large hunting parties, each having from 10 to 

 15 rifles and many wagons, went in along the Rhodesian 

 border. Unfortunately in this area there exists one of 

 the few stations of the very rare Inyala Antelope, and 

 one of the last refuges of the Southern Eland in South 

 Africa. The Portuguese are, alas, not very much con- 

 cerned about their fauna, and in this particular area it 

 is said that the officials in charge, on receipt of the hunt- 

 ing license fee, were content to leave the hunting parties 

 practically unhampered. One of our correspondents tells 

 us that between June and August, 1921, one of those 

 pay-ties shot about 250 head, mostly Sable Antelope and 

 Inyala, and the other party shot over 300 Sable, Inyala 

 and Eland. 



Consider now the beautiful Sable Antelope, Inyala and 

 Eland being slaughtered by wholesale methods, for hides 

 and biltong! 



Do the people of South Africa feel satisfied with this 

 killing record, and the prospect of its continuance? 



If they are displeased with this commercial extermina- 

 tion, what will they do about it? 



In another article herein, by Dr. A. K. Haagner, Di- 

 rector of the National Zoological Gardens of South Africa, 

 there appears much fresh and valuable information re- 

 garding certain important and beautiful species of "Van- 

 ishing South African Game." It shows that the finest 

 remaining antelopes of South Africa — the Inyala, Bontebok, 

 Black Wildebeest, Vaal Rhebuck and the Eland are on the 



