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January 23, 1930
The Wrangell Sentinel
Wrangell, Alaska
What is this article about?
M. Ward McAllister, Chairman of the California Academy of Science's Committee for Conservation of Wild Life, protests the 1923 Alaska bounty law killing over 60,000 eagles by 1929, calls for their protection via the McNary bill, noting eagles' fish-eating habits and cross-border slaughter.
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FRIEND OF EAGLE
RUSHES INTO PRINT
Member of Wild Conservation Society Would Protect Eagles in Northland
Under the heading "American Eagles Finds His Welcome Cooling," the following appeared in a recent issue of the San Francisco Daily Chronicle:
Editor, The Chronicle Sir:
The different things that the American people complacently stand for sometimes are beyond the bonds of reason. One of these is, that majestic bird, the American Eagle, which years ago was adopted by the people of the United States as their national bird and placed on every coin, on many flags and on the great seal of the Republic, now, because an occasional fox farmer in Alaska Territory loses a fox or two, is put on the vermin list and not only destroyed as a pest but for a bounty.
The bounty law was passed in 1923, and since then over 10,000 eagles a year have been ruthlessly shot, and the total as paid for at Juneau, the capital of Alaska, to February 1928 is 50,187 eagles. Adding another 10,000 for the year 1929 makes a total of nearly or over 60,000 of these splendid birds destroyed.
The eagle is, as is well known to all naturalists and others, principally a fish eater, and even if it does occasionally get a fox or a hundred foxes, is no reason why it should be exterminated.
As is well known in the west when states pay a bounty on lions, coyotes and other vermin, all the adjoining states are combed for these animals, and the hides, scalps or feet are smuggled across the borders and the bounty collected. These splendid birds are slaughtered in British Columbia and Yukon Territory as well as in Alaska. The government pays this outrageous bounty on golden eagles, bald eagles and the larger hawks, some of which never saw a fox farm.
Friends returning from their summer trips to Alaska this year tell us that the eagles once so plentiful and attractive, are now practically exterminated. One party, who went to Alaska and British Columbia in June and returned in September, reported that he saw a total of seven on the way north and coming south not a single one, though he kept a careful lookout.
An effort is now being made to have the eagles absolutely protected by a rider to a bill now before congress which is called the McNary bill for the protection of wild fowl. It is hoped that it will be carried through congress.
California Academy of Science,
Committee for Conservation of Wild Life,
M. WARD McALLISTER,
Chairman.
San Francisco, Dec. 15, 1929.
RUSHES INTO PRINT
Member of Wild Conservation Society Would Protect Eagles in Northland
Under the heading "American Eagles Finds His Welcome Cooling," the following appeared in a recent issue of the San Francisco Daily Chronicle:
Editor, The Chronicle Sir:
The different things that the American people complacently stand for sometimes are beyond the bonds of reason. One of these is, that majestic bird, the American Eagle, which years ago was adopted by the people of the United States as their national bird and placed on every coin, on many flags and on the great seal of the Republic, now, because an occasional fox farmer in Alaska Territory loses a fox or two, is put on the vermin list and not only destroyed as a pest but for a bounty.
The bounty law was passed in 1923, and since then over 10,000 eagles a year have been ruthlessly shot, and the total as paid for at Juneau, the capital of Alaska, to February 1928 is 50,187 eagles. Adding another 10,000 for the year 1929 makes a total of nearly or over 60,000 of these splendid birds destroyed.
The eagle is, as is well known to all naturalists and others, principally a fish eater, and even if it does occasionally get a fox or a hundred foxes, is no reason why it should be exterminated.
As is well known in the west when states pay a bounty on lions, coyotes and other vermin, all the adjoining states are combed for these animals, and the hides, scalps or feet are smuggled across the borders and the bounty collected. These splendid birds are slaughtered in British Columbia and Yukon Territory as well as in Alaska. The government pays this outrageous bounty on golden eagles, bald eagles and the larger hawks, some of which never saw a fox farm.
Friends returning from their summer trips to Alaska this year tell us that the eagles once so plentiful and attractive, are now practically exterminated. One party, who went to Alaska and British Columbia in June and returned in September, reported that he saw a total of seven on the way north and coming south not a single one, though he kept a careful lookout.
An effort is now being made to have the eagles absolutely protected by a rider to a bill now before congress which is called the McNary bill for the protection of wild fowl. It is hoped that it will be carried through congress.
California Academy of Science,
Committee for Conservation of Wild Life,
M. WARD McALLISTER,
Chairman.
San Francisco, Dec. 15, 1929.
What sub-type of article is it?
Historical Event
Curiosity
What themes does it cover?
Nature
Moral Virtue
Justice
What keywords are associated?
Eagle Bounty
Alaska Conservation
Wildlife Protection
American Eagle
Fox Farms
Mcnary Bill
What entities or persons were involved?
M. Ward Mcallister
Where did it happen?
Alaska Territory, San Francisco
Story Details
Key Persons
M. Ward Mcallister
Location
Alaska Territory, San Francisco
Event Date
1923 To 1929
Story Details
Protest against Alaska's 1923 eagle bounty law leading to over 60,000 eagles killed by 1929 for fox farm protection, despite eagles mainly eating fish; calls for federal protection via McNary bill amid reports of near-extermination and cross-border poaching.