Show S S Severe ere e Winter Hard on European Wild Beasts Polands Poland's severe winter whiter colder than any for over years was felt even more by the wild beasts an and birds In Inthe Inthe inthe the woods than by human be The government took energetic steps In Its huge forest properties to feed and protect protect pro pro- teet the game and in particular ular the rare animals which are are In danger of ot extinction elk extinction elk bears beavers and a number of ot birds I The authorities are anxious lest these share the fate of the European bison which survived In to Polish forests until In the confusion o oVar of war Var and revolution local peasants exterminated exterminated ex ex- terminated them It was found however however however how how- ever that where the forests contained wild boars the game needed very little lit Ift- tle tie help These animals by constantly constant constant- ly rooting with their snouts In the snow laid bare are the ground to such an extent that other animals were able to find food enough to sustain them |