Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1922-11-19 | Page 20 | Canada Attempts to Save Antelope

CANADA ATTEMPTS TO SAVE ANTELOPE LKTlIIiHIDGE, Alia., Nov. 13. Government plans to prevent the extinction ex-tinction of the antelope in western Canada are proving successful and the reserve' created at Foremost. Alta. in I 191S with 50 animals in captivity, has now Increased to 130, representing an increase jf 3u head fur th- p i ' y.-.ir The reserve known as the Nemls- I kani park, comprises nine square miles j and the steady growth of the herd; and the absence pi disease i considered consid-ered good evidence that the experiment experi-ment Is likely to result in saying this species from tin- -.terr:iinutlon that ; otherwise awaits it. Swifter than the greyhound (a flight, exceedingly graceful and beau-: tiful. the antelope has for many years been a prize for tho big game hunxc:". and Its numbers have been diminishing of late year with a rapidity that has aroused the concern of all lovers of ' Wild life. Ton years ago Dr. V. T. Hornadiy. j tho distinguished American naturalist.! estimated that there were 2.000 an-1 telopo In western Canada. Today, there are reported to be only about 1,000 of the animals in u wild state In Alberta, and 'J."0 in Saskatchewan. They entirely disappeared from the province of Mauitoba some years ago. 1 oo