South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-07-28
YELLOWSTONE WILD
ANIMALS RESTOCK
NATIONS PARKS
Breeding Species Sent Out
TO All Parts of
L. 5.

YELLOWSTONE PARK. Wyo.,
July Encouraging reports re-
garding the increase in native Amer
lean game have been received BY
officials or Yellowstone National
Park from many cities and states TO
which breeding animals from the
famous park preserve were donated.
In an effort 10 repair the dam
age done BY hunters. who have eS-
terminated native animals in the
moro thlckly populated sections II
has been the policy of the National
Park Service 10 send bison, elk,
bear. antelope and beaver TO public
parks and state preserves where
they would be given favorable en-
vironment and a chance 10 multi
ply. In some cases, the state laws
have not sUfficed to protect the an
imals, especially elk. from selfish
hunters, and 2 number have been
killed but the remainder have shown
healthy increase.
Park officials today expressed re-
gret over reports from Europe that
the European bison mas been virtual
~ cXterminated in the chaos follow
ing the war. The famous herd own
ed by Count POtock and others rare
animals on his estate were siaugh
tered by the Bolsheviki in their pol
icy Of destroying everything that
could not be commonly owned. The
cars herd of 90 I'm Lithuania has
been reduced TO $50 animals by de-
sertcrs and poachers in the forest
Of Byelovitsa.
Ship ELK.
More elk have been shipped from
Yellowstone since last season than
any other kind of game. During
the hard winter it was impossible
TO feed all the animals and 10 keep
some OF the elk from starving to
death. donations were freely made.
The government of Canada receiv-
ed PCS, which were sent to parks
in the Rockies. In return, the Do
miniOn officials generously offer
ed 10 send moose, goats and sheep
TO Yellowstone, but the offer was
not accepted because the Yellow
stone moose are Of a different var
iety. the park has never had any
goats, a fact which has puzzled nat
uralists, and the mountain sheep al
ready there are increasing satisfac
torily.
Elk also have been sent recently
Texas; Palisades Park, New Jersey,
near New York City; Plat National
Park, sulphur. oklahoma; ST. Louis
No; Allentown. Pa; Sonora EXper-
imcnt Station, Sonora, Texas, and
Pierre, S. u. Previously large ship
ments were made TO mountain states
in the West.
Much ingenuity is exercised 70
trap the animals for shipment. In
tho case OF elk, trail OF succulent
nay is laid into a corral and when
the elk have entered, the gate is
closed by means Of a rope. operated
by a Ranger hidden some distance
away. For two days the animals
are kept to accustom them 10 men
and then are shipped in specially
fitted express cars.
Buffalo. of course. come from the
parks noted tame herd which now
numbers more than 500 animals.
Antelope are obtained in the same
manner as the elk.
Beast Forfeit Freedom.
Bears forfeit their freedom IN
gratifying their weakness for sweets.
\ cage trap is arranged with honey
or preserves inside. The bear doesn't
hesitate. once he gets a sniff.
Straight into the cage he goes and
the man secreted on top then pushes
down the door. The cage must be
lined with sheet-iron, otherwise
Bruin would tear the sides &c pieces
with his sharp claws. 1t has hap
pened that the same bear has been
caught half a dozen times. Only
young, healthy animals are shipped
out OF the park and in case an un-
suitable speciment is obtained. tho
door is opened 10 let him out. Ere
quently. however. the sweets inside
prove too much and the bear. driv
en- away, trOts back in again ana
again
The Industrious beaver is taken
into camp in an ordinary trap. The
dam is broken TO expose the sub
merged entrance 10 the beaver
house. Pounding on the side of the
house then drives the beaver out.
straight into the trap which has
been placed across the doorway.
In trapping animals, the most ex-
traordinary care is taken not TO in
iure them. Yellowstone National
Park is the nations greatest game
preserve, where more varieties OF
native animals can be seen than
anywhere else in the country and
the one place where many species.
once numerous, can be found now.
y on may fish as much as YOU like.
because the streams are reStOcked
each year, but molesting the an
imals is visited with heavy penalties
by law and poaching is a peniten-
tiary offense. No firearms are al
lowed IN the park unless sealed and
dogs accompanying visitors must be
always kept in leash.