The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-11-17
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SAVE SEA ANIMALS
Treaties Between Countries
Are Now Proposed
SOUTH PACIFIC COAST
Already Steller's Great Sea Cow,
Has Joined Creatures of I
Dark Ages
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the big square rugged sailing vessel
Of that time was called, would have
to shorten sail and steer careful
cpurse long the South PACING coast
at certain seasonS Rnit wanted 10
avoid destructive collisions with
the California grayback whale And
II the skipper trained his glass along
the coast line, he probably would
see every exposed rick seward
shoal black with elephant. and Our
seals. Closer ins he awau1G note
great tortoisee and sea turtles,
while above would wheel the Heer-
mann gull. -
Such ap orgy of destruction has
been loosed ON these sea creatures,
some OF them termed by scientists
TO be the biggest animals in the
world. in the last half century, that
have the state department negotiate
treaties with all countries border
ing on the Pacific to prevent their
absolute determination - -
Found Sea Cows
One OF the great mammals, Stel-
lePs sea COW. already has Joined
the Great AUX, the Dodo and other
stored creatures OF a dead age. In
1741, when the exploring ship of
Captain Vitus Bering was wrecked
on the island that bears his name.
the great, sluggish sea cows were
found foundering about by DR..
George William Steller. doctor of
the expedition. Large herds were
seen feeding on the kelp and sea
weed around the nearby Comman
daP iala e d.
that their meat made an excellent
human food.
When the news of the discovery
OF Bering Island was made known
TO the world several expeditions
were fitted out to hunt the sea COW.
How well they succeeded is attest
ed in the fact that by 1854, only
thirteen years after its discover.
this great animal, "a to thirty (
long and weighing three or
tons when fully grown, disappe
from the ocean Moved by
nearness OF a similar fate f.
walrus, the elephant seal,
otter and the southern VIII:
committee on Conservation
inc Life of the Pacific, 3
the American Associate
advancement of science
the campaign to have
partment act
One hundred years
mittee points out, a
seal had extensive
cries on the Farall
other island on th
California and Mex
200.0 900 Of these seal
the short period between. -
1911 on the FaraIlons alone. IL
thousands of others were added 10
the slaughter on the channel is
paign virtually exterminated this
species of seal.
Object To Killing Whale
Further objections to the whole-\
sale determination of whales have
been raised by the sardine fisher
men Of Monterey Bay, California,
who claim that the whales herd the
sardines inshore Recently the ex-
animation Of the stomach of
humpback whale brought into the
Moss Landing whaling station in
Monterey Bay yielded from 1900 to
5000 pounds of sardines In the
stomach Of q sporm whale was
found ten foot shark
Due to the failure of the United
States and Great Britain to. include
49, SA4O u CoIy vi 1OC6 lO1-
bidding the killing of seals in the
open sea, the Alaska fur seal herd
was decreased by nearly 100000
from 1897 to Is11,. according to
scientific data. A new fur seal
treaty was negotiated in 1911. the
participating countries being the
United States, Great Britain, Rus
STA and Japan. Since the time that
treaty was made the herd has in
creased by nearly 100000. So great
has the increase been that there is
suspicion that pelagio or ocean
sealing is again going on against
the strict ruling of the guardian
nations. 1t is pointed out that any
nation not signatory to the treaty
may engage In this sort of sealing
among the Alaska herd. and exter-
inmate it in time If new treaties are
not drawn UP s 4aa
Under the treaty of 1911 the In
dams Of California, Oregon, Wash
ington, British Columbia, and alb
origines OF Japan and Russia are
permitted to both along the coast
lines and in the ocean, and il is
proposed to regulate this also
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