. Conservation reader. Natural resources; Forests and forestry. What Is Happening to the Animals and Birds 177 kind except birds and the smaller animals, such as sc^uirrels. Occasionally we may start up a deer that flees away from us like the wind. Still more rarely we come upon a bear and are fortunate if we get even the merest sight of him before he is gone. The fear of man has spread among all the wild creatures. There is good reason for this fear, because man has com- pletely exterminated some species and so reduced the num- bers of others that careful protection will be needed to save the
. Conservation reader. Natural resources; Forests and forestry. What Is Happening to the Animals and Birds 177 kind except birds and the smaller animals, such as sc^uirrels. Occasionally we may start up a deer that flees away from us like the wind. Still more rarely we come upon a bear and are fortunate if we get even the merest sight of him before he is gone. The fear of man has spread among all the wild creatures. There is good reason for this fear, because man has com- pletely exterminated some species and so reduced the num- bers of others that careful protection will be needed to save them. Travelers tell us that in those lands where man rarely goes the wild creatures have little fear of him. The story of the slaughter of the buffalo is known to us all. Once this noble animal roamed from the Alleghenies to the Rocky Mountains. Countless thousands were killed merely for their hides, and other thousands were killed for sport. Finallyj when they were almost gone, people av/oke to the importance of saving them. Several small herds, not more than a few hundred in number, that had escaped. /.. A. Uujfman, Miles Cily, Mont. Why thebuUalo have nearly disappeared from the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Fairbanks, Harold Wellman, 1860-. Yonkers-on-Hudson, N. Y. , World book company
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