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Show EXPERT PROMOTES GAME PROTECTIOi Curator of New York Zoological Zo-ological Park Here in Pursuit Pur-suit of Mission. APPEAL TO CONGRESS I Advocates Appropriation for National Bird and Beast Sanctuaries. Popular fancy pictures Dr. William T. Hornaday, the famous curator of the New York zoological park, who is now In Salt Lake, at the diverting task of performing an operation for appendicitis on a boaconstrictor or removing the tonsils ton-sils and adnoids of Arabella, t lie favorite hippopotamus at the Bronx zoo. Dr. Hornaday, in his long association with the wild birds and beasts in the Xew York zoo, has done many of such stunts, but he is not at it continually, as the feature stories in New York newspapers news-papers would make out. For one thing, the Inmates of the New York zoo are a healthy lot of animals and only need such attention now and again, when untoward illness, "tummy" ache or an ulcerated tooth occur. The wild life expert arrived In Salt Lake yesterday and is stopping at the Hotel Utah. He is touring the west to interest the people of this section of the continent In a movement to induce congress con-gress to create 100 bird and game sanctuaries sanc-tuaries in the national forests. Differs on Theory. Long1 the head of New York's municipal mu-nicipal "zoo," a life-long student of wild life and the author of notable works on natural history. Dr. Hornaday enjoys what might be called an intimate acquaintance ac-quaintance with all the birdies and beast ies. Ho knows their first names, their last names and their Latin names. Despite this intimacy, however, Dr. Hornaday does not agree with Kellogg, the "nature man," who travels the Orpheum Or-pheum circuit, and who holds that human hu-man beings have only to "tune" themselves them-selves In accord with a rattlesnake, say, to He down with perfect safety and comfort com-fort In the rattler's bed. Dr. Hornaday holds that no amount of "tuning" Is. a guarantee against attack from a rattlesnake. A rattler, he claims, is lacking In the finer sensibilities and an appreciation of the niceties of a situation sit-uation being likely to bury Its fangs in its Dest friends. Mission in Utah. These attributes of the rattler. Dr. Hornaday also accords to other reptiles, birds and beasts. He admits that if he met a grizzly bear on a narrow canyon ledge be would do his best to get in tune, but has none of iel log's faith in the efficacy of it. Dr. Hornaday might be termed an orthodox wild life expert, while Kellogg belongs to the Christian Science branch of the cult. Concerning his mission Dr. Hornaday said: I have every hope of Interesting all the people of Utah in the movement move-ment to establish 100 game and bird sanctuaries in the national forests. Congress is ready to do it; I am suro, if the people want It, and I can see no valid objections to the plan. The encroachments of our civilization civiliza-tion demand that we do something to preserve our wild life. No interest will be hurt by this proposal. The agricultural, cattle and sheep Interests Inter-ests should find no plausible objection to it. Song Birds Killed. There has been too much killing of song birds in the United States. Aliens in the north and negroes In the south kill them for food. That Is wrong. They should be protected for their Invaluable aid to the farmers in the protection of crops. Deer and elk will soon vanish from the continent If they are not given more protection. It is proposed to gather these animals in the national forest sanctuaries and let them propagate. prop-agate. When the herds have increased in-creased and there is a surplus, some of the animals can be turned loose for the hunter and sportsman. It Is " not proposed to protect predatory wild animals, such as wolves and coyotes. In the preserves. T found officials and private citizens citi-zens in Denver heartily In accord with the plan, and also in Wyoming. At Cheyenne a local organization of sportsmen has been formed, following follow-ing my visit there, to urge the bird and game sanctuaries upon congress. Gong to Idaho. Today Dr. Hornaday will interview officials of-ficials and private citizens of Utah about the plan, engagements having been arranged ar-ranged for him by Claude T. Barnes, president of the Audubon society. He will leave tonight for Idaho. Organizations which are interested in the movement which brings Dr. Hornaday Horna-day to Salt Ijakc include the National Audubon society, the American Game Protection and Propagating association (formed by manufacturers of guns and a mm im i tion) , the New York Zoologl cal society and the Permanent Wild Life Protection fund, which last was organized through the efforts of Dr. Hornaday. He is its campaigning trustee. A feature of the fund's work will be to offer medals to boy scouts showing the best record in prelecting wild life from wanton destruction |
