Northwest History. State History. Box 37. National Topics.

• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1936
• Subjects: birds; America; continent; caribou; bear; antelope; farmers; admiration; meat; hunters; sick; horns; cattleman; Northwest; Pacific > History > 20th Century; United States > State History > National Topics > Northwest; Pacific
• Online Access: http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/94415

U.S. Still Well Stocked With Fowl, Animals. NEW YORK, Saturday, Oct. 17.—Few persons pause to think of the large number of birds and animals native to North America. Many are rare at present and some are extinct. But Mother Nature wasn't stingy when she provided this continent with Sportsmen and naturalists point out seven species of grouse, the wild turkey and several kinds of ducks which are found nowhere else in the world. Among native animals are the wood caribou (very few left), giant brown bear, American bison and prong-horn antelope. Because the latter once were so numerous, it is rather sad to hear that a herd of 1,000 in Montana must be reduced to 600 so the animals will have enough food to survive the winter. Three hundred persons, chosen by lot, will receive permission to kill one antelope each this fall. One hundred farmers in the county which contains the herd may kill one animal apiece without participating in the draw. The fleet and graceful antelope elicits admiration from everyone who comes in contact with it. There are instances of cattlemen, and even hardy meat hunters, who have carried sick or injured baby antelope on their horses for miles to restore them to the herd or to tend their hurts. It might be interesting to note that the antelope does not shed its horns: they are permanent.