. African game trails;. Hunting. 288 AFRICAN GAME TRAILS up In time, and there is at present no danger of the exter- mination of the lord of all four-footed creatures. Large reserves have been established on v^hich various herds of elephants now live what is, at least for the time being, an entire- ly safe life. Fur- thermore, over great tracts of territory outside the reserves reg- ulations have been promul- gated which, if enforced as they are now en- forced, will pre- vent any exces- sive diminution of the herds. In British East Africa, for in- stance, no cows are allowed to be shot save fo
. African game trails;. Hunting. 288 AFRICAN GAME TRAILS up In time, and there is at present no danger of the exter- mination of the lord of all four-footed creatures. Large reserves have been established on v^hich various herds of elephants now live what is, at least for the time being, an entire- ly safe life. Fur- thermore, over great tracts of territory outside the reserves reg- ulations have been promul- gated which, if enforced as they are now en- forced, will pre- vent any exces- sive diminution of the herds. In British East Africa, for in- stance, no cows are allowed to be shot save for special pur- poses, as for preservation in a museum, or to safeguard life and property; and no bulls with tusks weighing less than thirty pounds apiece. This renders safe almost all the females and an ample supply of breeding males. Too much praise cannot be given the governments and the individuals who have brought about. Falls on slope of Kenia near first elephant camp From a photograph by Edmund Heller. 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 Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919. New York, London, Syndicate publishing company
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