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Our Vanishing Wild Life: Its Extermination and Preservation

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By William T. Hornaday
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Aimed at sounding an urgent alarm about widespread wildlife loss, the author documents the rapid decline and near-extermination of many regional birds, mammals, and fishes, blaming unregulated shooting, commercial plume and fur trades, habitat destruction, and inadequate laws. He supports these claims with statistics, case studies, maps, and photographs that highlight failures of existing protections and the influence of hunting interests on legislation. The work combines vivid accounts of depletion with practical prescriptions—stronger statutes, reserves and wardens, enforcement, and public education—framed as civic duties to preserve remaining wild life for future generations.



  1. Napier, Ernest, 50, 253
    1. arouses New Jersey against machine guns, 289
    2. portrait of, 251
  2. Nash, C.W., 52
  3. National Academy of Sciences, 391
  4. National measures for wild-life protection, 266
  5. National Museum, United States, 36, 37, 390
  6. National organizations of New York City, 254
  7. National Zoological Park, 391
  8. Natives, rights of, in game, 384
  9. Nebraska, 44, 49, 59, 106
    1. protection for extinct game in, 287
  10. Needs of wild-life cause, greatest, 393
  11. Negroes, song-bird slaughter by, in the South, 108, 109, 110
  12. Nelson, E.W., 35
  13. Nepal, destruction of pheasants in, 196
  14. Nets used in taking pigeons, 12, 13
  15. Nevada, 44, 106
    1. new laws needed in, 288
  16. New Brunswick, 45, 152, 157
    1. game laws of, 357
  17. Newfoundland, 157
  18. New Hampshire, 44, 49, 59, 157
    1. deer killed in, 172
    2. new laws needed in, 288
  19. New Jersey, 28, 44, 49, 59, 115, 253
    1. deer killed in, 172
    2. few new laws needed in, 288
    3. game commissioner, 253
  20. New Mexico, 44, 59, 106
    1. good game laws in, 289
    2. National monuments of, 344
  21. New South Wales, birds destroyed in, 233
  22. New York, 44, 49, 59, 115, 157, 165
    1. Academy of Sciences, 391
    2. Conservation Commission, 252
    3. deer killed in, 172
    4. excellent laws of, 289
    5. nuisance law of, 235
    6. protects wood-duck, 28
    7. state game preserve of, 317
  23. New York City
    1. formerly a "fence", 68
    2. wild deer in, 91
  24. News, Buffalo, 263
  25. Newspapers, value of, in campaigns, 262
  26. New Zealand
    1. game preserves, 368
    2. red deer in, 327
  27. Niagara Falls, swans swept over, 93
  28. Nice, Margaret M., 220
  29. Nicol, G.H., 48
  30. Nighthawk
    1. as insect-destroyer, 216
    2. shot for food, 216, 218
  31. Niobrara Bison Range, 180
  32. Nooe, Bennet, 222
  33. Norboe, R.M., 317
  34. Norris, Governor Edward P., 348
  35. North, Paul, 50
  36. North American, Philadelphia, 263
  37. North Carolina, 44, 50, 105, 106
    1. deer killed in, 172
    2. hopeless condition of, 292
    3. private preserves in, 360
  38. North Dakota, 44, 50, 106
    1. new laws needed in, 293
  39. Norton, Arthur H., 43, 48
  40. Nova Scotia, 45, 52
    1. game laws of, 357
  41. Nuisances, wild animals may become, 234


  1. Observer, Utica, 263
  2. Ohio, 44, 50, 106
    1. hopeless condition, 293
  3. Oklahoma, 44, 50, 106
    1. bison in, 341
    2. new laws needed in, 294
    3. new code of game laws needed, 294
  4. Oldys, Henry,
    1. on sale of game, 307
    2. on value of game, 309
  5. Olympus, Mount, 340
  6. Ontario, 45, 52, 157
    1. game preserves of, 351
  7. Opposition,
    1. to game protection
      1. in Pennsylvania, 346
      2. in Montana, 348
    2. to legislation, how to meet, 263
  8. Oregon, 44, 50, 106, 125, 165
    1. grizzlies of, 178
  9. Oriole, 222
    1. destroy cotton-boll weevil, 216, 217
  10. Orlady, Judge, decision of, 147
  11. Ornithologist,
    1. case of the, 57
    2. Italian, kills song birds for food, 98
  12. Osborn, Prof. Henry Fairfield, 128, 247, 254, 389
  13. Otter, sea, 193
  14. Outdoor Life magazine, 48, 74, 166, 263, 272
  15. Outdoor World magazine, 206, 263
  16. Outing magazine, 263
  17. Owl,
    1. barn, 224
    2. great horned, 80, 225
    3. long-eared, 224
    4. screech, 80
  18. Owls,
    1. general status of, 224
    2. horned, in British Columbia, 356


  1. Pacific bird refuges, 339
  2. Page wire fence, 371
  3. Palmer, Theodore S., 248
    1. circular on National Reserves, 345
    2. deer statistics from, 172
    3. game laws proposed by, 46
    4. Olympus National Monument, 340
    5. on antelope, 159
    6. on laws, 387
  4. Paradise,
    1. birds of, being exterminated, 119, 121, 122, 124, 125
    2. greater bird of, 113, 115, 119
  5. Parakeet,
    1. Carolina, 9, 16
    2. purple Guadeloupe, 16
  6. Parasitic infection of ducks, 86
  7. Parents, duty of, 376
  8. Park,
    1. Crater Lake, 343
    2. General Grant, 344
    3. Laurentides, 354
    4. Mt. Rainier, 343
    5. Platt, 344
    6. Sequoia, 344
    7. Sully Hills, 344
    8. Yosemite, 343
  9. Parliament, British, 135
  10. Parrot, Yellow-Winged Green, 16
  11. Patagonia, guanaco in, 169
  12. Peabody, James W., text book by, 377
  13. Pearson, T. Gilbert, 28, 44, 50, 107, (portait 251), 291
  14. Pelican Island bird sanctuary, 277
  15. Pellett, F.C., 48
  16. Penalties, schedule of, 2
  17. Pennock, C.J., 47
  18. Pennsylvania, 44, 50, 105, 115, 157, 253
    1. aliens may not own firearms, 103
    2. decision on automatic guns, 147
    3. deer killed in, 172
    4. game wardens killed, 103
    5. new laws needed by, 295
    6. state game preserves, 345
  19. Penrose, Dr. C.B., 45, 50
  20. Pests, introduced species that have become, 330
  21. Petrel, Black-Capped, 21
  22. Phalaropes, 229, 230
  23. Pheasants,
    1. being exterminated, 118, 119, 124
    2. blood, 196
    3. English, value of in market, 69
    4. impeyan, 196
    5. introduced species of, 325
    6. not bud-eaters, 326
    7. shipped from China to England, 200
    8. shipped at Hankow, China, 69
  24. Philadelphia Academy of Sciences, 391
  25. Phillips, John M., 254
    1. educational campaign in schools by, 378, 381
    2. on goats killed for food, 70
    3. Pennsylvania Game Commissioner, 345
    4. portrait of, 255
  26. Photographing live game, code of ethics on, 385
  27. Pickhardt, Carl, on caribou slaughter, 69
  28. Pierce, Ray V.,
    1. private game preserve of, 360
    2. sambar deer acclimatized by, 373
  29. Pigeon,
    1. Band-Tailed, 22, 273
    2. Passenger, 9, 11, 12
    3. Victoria crowned, 113
  30. Pinchot, Gifford, 267, 341
  31. Pinnated Grouse
    1. disappearing, in
      1. Kansas, 48
      2. Nebraska, 49
      3. Montana, 49
      4. Minnesota, 49
  32. Pioneer, value of game to the, 2
  33. Pittsboro, disgrace of, by robin slaughter, 222
  34. Pittsburgh, City
    1. ornithologist of, 381
    2. illegal sale of game in, 67
  35. Plague-spots for sale of game, 279
  36. Plant-lice in wheat, 210
  37. Platform, Sportsman's, 384
  38. Platt National Park, 344
  39. Plover,
    1. black-bellied, 228, 230
    2. golden, 18, 31, 228, 230
    3. upland, 20, 31
  40. Plume-hunters, 26, 28
  41. Post, New York Evening, 263
  42. Posting farm lands advised, 233
  43. Potato-bug bird, 223
  44. Pot-hunter defined, 246
  45. Poultry destroyed by hawks and owls, 224
  46. Predatory wild animals, 73
  47. Preserve, every National forest should be a game, 267
  48. Preserve,
    1. Alberta, 352
    2. Angoniland, 367
    3. Athi Plains, 367
    4. British Columbia, 352
    5. Budonga Forest, 367
    6. Duck Mountain, 354
    7. Elephant Marsh, 367
    8. Freycinet's Peninsula, 368
    9. Grand Canyon, 343
    10. Hargeis, 367
    11. Jubaland, 367
    12. Kangaroo Island, 368
    13. Little Barrier Island, 368
    14. Luangwa, 368
    15. Manitoba, 354
    16. Mirso, 367
    17. Nweru Marsh, 368
    18. Ontario, 352
    19. Pennsylvania State, 347
    20. Riding Mountain, 354
    21. Rustenburg, 368
    22. Sabi-Pongola, 368
    23. Snow Creek, 348
    24. Spruce Woods, 354
    25. Superior National Game, 341
    26. Swaziland, 368
    27. Teton, 348
    28. Toro, 367
    29. Turtle Mountain, 354
    30. Wichita, 341
    31. Wilson's Promontory, 368
  49. Preserved game, murdering, 273, 274
  50. Preserves,
    1. private game, 358, 360
    2. private and public interests in, 361
  51. Press,
    1. duty of Italian, 103
    2. New York, 263
    3. value of, in campaigns, 262
  52. Prichard, W.H.H., on guanaco, 169
  53. Prospectors, license given to, 176
  54. Protection,
    1. accepted by
      1. antelopes, 313
      2. bears, 313
      3. mule deer, 313
      4. song-birds, 314
      5. chipmunks, 315
    2. of shore-birds, 232
  55. "Protected" game, sale of, forbidden, 67
  56. Protective Association, Wild Life, 257
  57. Prince Consort of England, 327
  58. Prince Edward Island, 45, 52
    1. breeding foxes on, 374
  59. Prince, German Crown, 359
  60. Ptarmigan, Norway, eaten in Chicago, 69
  61. Publicity
    1. in campaign work, 262
    2. value of, 393
  62. Puma as a game-destroyer, 78, 79
  63. Pumas destroyed in British Columbia, 356
  64. Pump guns, 144
    1. campaign against, won in New Jersey, 289