New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-18

They have succumbet 10 indiscrininate butchery
at the hands OF the ''sportsmen,' VINO have proved
more relentless than their natural enemy, the wolf
The puma, panther. which once roamed from
South America to Canada, is fast being hunted
down and VIII soon be extinct IN both Central and
North America The puma is at home alike in the
forest as IN the pampas. During the day he sleeps
in Some tree hides in the rank grass, and at
night goes out IN quest OF smaller animals for food
The fur bearing animals are more persistently
hunted than any other since many people depend
for a living on their capture. When 1t Is shown
that in one year there are brought to the market
the fur OF $50 pine martens. 100000 stone martens
sno 600 poecats 10000 ermines, 10000 mink boeOo
o,.ers and from America alone 10000 beavers and
100 coo chinchnlas. It will be seen that their ex
..r-,i,at,on IS a question OF short time The sea
o.tar "a now to be found only in the Northern
pacific on the northern coast or California anu
,banc. along the coast Of America and OK ASIA
To-day less than Two thousalo sea O''S1 -9 90
cant TO the market
IT, raccoon Is so much sought after, for both It's
~ and its meat that II is nearly extinct IN the
,o,,,Iated districts OF North America From the
.uar,ns of Buenos Ayres and Montevideo no less
,h,, atty thousand skins OF the coypu rat nave
Re, sent TO the market IN single year AT this
a.. e. would naturally be soon exterminated. had
-. ,ans heen taken to protect 1t in Buenos Ayres
TIVE chinchila which belongs to the family OF the
t.. rabbit formerly Inhabited the whole or the
AIDES as far down the sea, but the snares and
sn Of the trapper have driven II 10 the Hioun'aLa
Gus districts -.
-r,a fur bearing animals OF Asia fare no better.
tn, s.ble once met with from the Ural River TO the
pnbr.ng Strait and from the southern frontier OF
.s,a 10 IS degrees north and also In the north
,oetern parts of America, has been driven to the
,ountsn forests OF Northern Asia. and Is now rare
Tho elephant seal at one time Inhabited all the
,elands In the southern part OF America, IN Ias-
mania New-Zealand and many neighbor1ng lsiancs.
1-rousands might have been sleeping In the mud
or among the reeds. cooling themselves on the
damn sand, or moving IN great bands north or
south To-day none 10 be seen IL IS the same
ter Its northern brother the walrus. which at one
time existed in such large numbers on the coast
=, scotland that as late the fifteenth century
the waters there navigable only aIter severe
hattie With this marine monster. II has been driven
north and at present IS connned NANNY 10 the
waters or the polar regions
The beaver was formerly abundant on all the
streams and lakes Of this country. and many place
bv its name recalls the labors OF the INDUSTRIOUS
creature 1t has been exterminated in most parts
Of the country and is found only in most inaccess
bile and therefore, unfrequented woods The opos-
sum and the raccoon are also vanishing anu since
the skunk skin. under the name OF Alaska sable
nuds purchasers. even that animal Is pursued Win
ardor.
The European buffalo in the eighteenth century
coud he found in Eastern Prussia. where IL Is To-
day extinct To-day 1t 10 to be met only IN inc
deep forests OF Lthuania In the pins forests OF
the Caucasus. where II is under the protecuoh OF
the Russian Government
The elk IL only TO be found In government reser-
vations In Germany but the Wild life Of the ak IN