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plus ^ame and at the same time perpetuating the species in reason- 
able numbers. 
Conservationists should appreciate that there must be a sympa- 
thetic attitude on the part of the general public which is in direct 
contact with the game. This means that the surplus of big game, 
either of antelope or of any other kind, must be disposed of in a 
practical way, leaving a reasonable breeding stock to perpetuate 
the species. Those having administrative charge of the game in any 
area should determine the number of each species of large game 
that can properly be maintained there and provide for eliminating 
the surg^lus, if any, each year. In this manner overstocking the 
range and other embarrassments may be avoided. 
The number of game animals of each species to be maintained in 
each area should be determined by a careful study of the conditions 
in the area by trained experts having practical Imowledge of the 
requirements of the different species. It should be clearly under- 
stood that at the present time -and for some years to come antelope 
need strict protection practically^ throughout their range, the one 
probable exception being in a limited area in Wyoming. 
CONSERVATION ORGANIZATIONS AND THE ANTELOPE 
A number of leading organizations of the country have interested 
themselves definitely in the conservation of antelope during a period 
of years. This is an appropriate place to put on record the more 
notable achievements of these organizations up to this time. 
Boone and Crockett Club. — The last of December, 1910, and the 
first of January, 1911, 3 buck and 6 doe antelope were obtaiued from 
the Yellowstone National Park herd by the Boone and Crockett 
Club and shipped to the Wichita National Game Preserve in Okla- 
homa, in cooperation with the United States Forest Service. (See 
PI. 1.) During this period 4 bucks and 8 does from the same^ source 
were shipped by this club to the National Bison Range in Montana, 
in cooperation with the Biological Survey. Of the antelope sent to 
Oklahoma, some reached their destination dead and others badly in- 
jured, and eventually all died. Those sent to the Bison Range were 
the basis of a herd of 64 animals which was subsequently built up 
and then completely destroyed by the inroads of predatory animals. 
During 1914 the Boone and Crockett Club purchased 13 antelope 
in Alberta, which were sent to the Wind Cave National Park and 
Game Preserve in South Dakota. These animals did well for a time, 
but later their numbers had become so reduced that in 1916 the 
club again purchased 9 antelope in Alberta, which were placed in 
the same game preserve. Here they did well for a time and in- 
creased to 34 animals. Most of these were afterwards destroyed by 
predatory animals, but enough still remain to serve as a nucleus for 
building up a new herd. Special efforts are being made to protect 
them from further attacks by predatory animals. (PI. VI.) 
The Boone and Crockett Club appears to have been the pioneer 
in this line of conservation. 
American Bison Society. — In January, 1912, the American Bison 
Society first became interested in the future of the antelope and 
assisted in an attempt to pass a bill through Congress to create the 
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