The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-11-10
DIFFER ABOUT THE SKUNK.
Outlawed In W~estchcstcr County, Pro-
tccted Game In Other Counties.

THE different lights In which the skunk
Ia regarded In different parts Of this State
sail a New Yorker, who has taken notes
on the subject, "is strildngly shown by the
fact that in Westchester county. for in
stance, YOU are entitled TO Is cents for
every skunk you may kin, while il you
should go into Chautauqua county and
kin n skunk YOU would be fined s25.
In the counties Of Cattaraugus. Oneida,
Otsego, Madison, Wayne. Cayuga, Living
ston, jefferson. Chemung, Chenango, Gene
see and Wyoming the skunk Is protected
bet ween April 30 and Nov. |. There is no
open season for skunks in Chautauqua
county. and there will be none until 1909.
The penalty for killing n skunk out Of
season in the other cour ties named is the
same NJ it IL in C~hautauqua, s25 for each
skunk; but il does not apply TO The terri
tory within cities or Incorporated towns,
or To the owners or posse-sors OF farms.
"A skunk trespassing within corpora
ton lines or about the poultry yard Of the
farmer must do it al MS peril
In Wesichester Cunty. also. IL you are
lucky enough 70 kill a grown fox Il will
| entitle YOU TO 81 from the public till. and
a half-grown fox viii fetch you 81.
But here again popular sentiment diners
| widely from that in the counties named,
where. with the exception OF C8yuga county,
! the fox Il protected Just as the skunk H.
ann the ItildNN III hllNNk 'h' ~ Nv '''''
| season j. the same.
The muskrat. which is generally re-
garded a a noNious animal, 10 he destroyed
on sight, IL Also projected M those counties
bet ween April and November, and Ia de
stroy "A mllskrai house at any time il a
mislemeanor. punishable wit heavy fine.
-Of course. this protection 81 the skunk
the fox and the mu-krat IL ia the interest
| Of the fur trappers and hunters, the harvest
of skunk pelts particularly. Ia som" OF the
counties named. Welding a revenue OF thou
sauds of dnllarr In the months OF the close
-sazon the fur II 81 ~ value. and every
fIr-bearer killed then l. "A I@lt wasted
The skunk skin industry ~ Livingston
county b. such an important one that skunk
farms foI the breeding 81 animals hav"
long been IN existence there
In Chau'auqua cuuuty the trapping
and hunting II 10. skunk fpr ~ I@lt have
br.n ~ u.siduously followed fur YEAR
that the animal H. almost extinct ia that
county. hens" the provision Of the bant''
Law pfphihiliug ths killing Of rkuHkS there
fut a period ~ five N"hrs
some yearp ago the state 81 peInsyl-
wanna adopted a bounty Law In IA" interest
81 agriculture. Afinf fSu 90 tire" years
~ this iaw ~ wac found tha' something
like s2lOuOD a wear was lsaug pad out
not 80 mu"h in thr interest ~ asuoultuf" as
iu Ih, promotion e CERTAIN nss afts and
-aruD.- uup uf whlru ~ 80 "a" manutartufs
IT ground A.gt ratr uu lirh . bounty
. ~ 10 ,s.uts y a. pald The las alHl tuundtvi
haab aud uWl hairlrus- Boz Nauuus paft-
ct ius state. add uHuuIutst ~" bf~shns
toe tho lsuutS ~ fuaur sAunks. 'Cusnn hnd
slli rate ~ the laN " a. rrI-'ahud
N.usiidiT ~ tlr same Mud ss-tns
Ca h. gu.us ,I iu Nr-iriastrf uuuty vhriv
tlr skunk has uulupl-i Far asssifilus
o. 10 urNrpaIHT durIaiHh. fHal iiarN hafs
IaaIulr d lsIll.r uulra.tr uNl have ialusl
i"u i.-'-t- unul pipl'N Dol 81 % ifrini"m