Northwest History. Alaska. Food Supply.

• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1934
• Subjects: animal food; Anchorage; Alaska; Uncle Sam; subarctic rabbit roundup; the western United States; Aleutian islands; full blast; Alaska railroad; Juneau; Rank Dufresne; Northwest; Pacific > History > 20th century; Pacific; Subarctic; Aleutian Islands
• Online Access: http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/91557

Hunt Showshoes For Animal Food. HUNTSNOWSHOES FOR ANIMAL FOOD ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Jan. 11. (AP) —Under the northern lights these days and nights, Uncle Sam is busy in a great subarctic rabbit roundup. The aim—to capture alive thousands of snowshoe rabbits, a cousin of the same species as the jackrabbits of the western United States, and restock the thinly populated Aleutian islands and other regions with the stocky little animal. The drive is now on "full blast" all along the Alaska railroad belt, with Anchorage as the center of activities. Explaining the work today, Frank Dufresne of Juneau, director, pointed out that two purposes were In view. "Not only will the rabbits prove to be suitable food for fur-bearing animals in those parts," he said, "but they will also aid in supplying food for humans living there.