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Show Server Winter Hard on European Wild Beasts Poland's ftevcre winter, colder than any for over BK) years, was fell even more by the wild beahls and birds In the woods than by human beings. The government took energetic stops In lie huge fon-ht properties to feed und protect pro-tect the game, and In particular the rare uiilninls which are In danger of extinction elk, bears, beavers and u number of birds. The authorities are anxious lest these share the fate, of tho lOuropeun bison, which survived In Polish forests until In the confusion of wur und revolution local peasants exterminated ex-terminated them. It was found, however, how-ever, that where the forests contained wild boarM, the game needed very little lit-tle help. These animals, by constantly constant-ly rooting wlih their snouts In the tnow, laid bare the ground to such an extent thut other unliuals were able to llnd food enough to sustain lliern. |