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ALASKA BI(i BROWN BEARS
JUNEAU, April 12.—Revised reg
ulations under the Alaska game law
recently promulgated by Secretary of
Agricuture Arthur M. Hyde, effective
Inly 1, 1932, will provide an addi
tional measure of protection for the
large brown bears of Alaska- This
Will be accomplished by extending the
areas in which a resident of the Ter
ritory is limited to an annual bag of
ttvo animals and by granting com
plete protection for these bears on
Afognak Island. The several varie
ties of the big brown bears of Alaska
are the largest carnivores of the con
tinent and for many years these ani
mals have been much sought as tro
phies by big game hunters through
>ut the world. The folowing state
ment regarding the protection of
these bears has been made by the
Alaska Game Commission through
its executive officer, H. W. Terhune.
A Juneau, Alaska, the representative
of the Bureau of Biological Survey
on the Commission:
“During the past few years* and
particularly during the last year
much has been written about, the big
brown bears of Alaska by conserva
tionists and sportsmen who have
visited- the Territory for compara
tively short periods. Many of the ar
ticles regarding the life history anti
habits of the bears are of great in
terest to students of nature, while
others appear to have been more or
Idss sensational or in the nature of
propaganda. The Alaska Game Com
mission considers that the Alaska
tltown bears have had sufficient pro
tection during recent seasons and are
not in any danger of extermination,
but in view of the fact that so much
attention has been focused on these
animals during the past year, and to
give them the benefit of any possible
doubt, the Commssion recommended
the added protection, afforded these
bfears by the new regulations.
“To correct the many unauthorized
statements that have appeared re
garding the nature of protection now
being afforded these noble , animals
throughout the estimated 96,363
square mile sof coastal lands and
islands comprising their range, the
following information and figures
hhve been compiled from the regula
tions and official records of the Alas
ka Game Commission:
| “Areas where large brown bears
i have complete protection consist of
8,534 square miles, or 9 per cent of
the total range, and include Glacier
Bay and Katmai National Monu
ments, Unimak Island, which lies
1 within the Aleutian Islands Reserva
tion, Aofgnak Island and four smaller
i areas. Although hunting is permit
ted in the following areas, there are
within them many thousands of
square miles of inaccessible country
that constitute virtual sanctuaries for
these animals.
"In 40,938 square miles, or 40 per
! cent of the total range of the large,
brown bears, residents and nonresi
‘ dents are allowed a bag limit, of two
animals in an open season from Sep
tember 1 to J une. 20. During this
i apparently long season, however, the
bears are in hibernation approxi
| mutely, six months. The areas com
ing under limitation, on season and
bag limit consist of portions of the
mainand. totaling 39,000 square miles
and 1,245 square miles of the most
thickly populated bear range on the
north side of Kodiak Island, also all
the islands of Hinchinbrook, Mon
tague, Hawkins, Yacobi and Shuyak.
“In 22,510 square miles, or 23 per
cent of the totai range of these bears,
: .nonresidents may hunt during the
open season, while residents are per
mittd to hunt the year round, al
though both classes of hunters are
iimited to a seasonal bag of two.
This portion of the range includes
17,100 square miles of mainland and
the islands of Admiralty, Baranof
and hichagof.
"In 21,840 square miles of main
land and 2,505 square miles of Kodiak
Island, nonresidents may hunt large
brown bears under the same seasonal
and bag limitations, while residents
are restricted by neither bag limit
nor close season. This area comprises
| 25 per cent of the total range of the
i big brown bear.
a nonresident nunting large
[ brown or grizzly bears is required to
be accompanied by a registered guide..
In areas where a resident is limited
either by season or bag. limit, ,or b ■;
iboth, he is permitted to kill a bear
,in defense of life.or property.
“No person may take large brown!
bears with the aid or use of a dog, a 1
set gun of any description, a steel
bear trap having a spread of more
than nine inches, or by poison in any
form. The sale of the skins ol these,
animals is prohibited under the Alas
ka Game Law and Regulatons.
“Various estmates have been, pub
lished as to the number of brown
bears in Alaska, the majority of these,
having been made by persons who
have spent a comparatively short
time in the Territory and who have
undoubtedly based their findings on i
observations over a small portion of
the animals’ total range. Consider
ing both the recorded legal kill and a
liberal estimate of the unrecorded:
legal and illegal kill, the Commission j
finds that the annual kill of these1
bears is well within the average nor
mal annual increase to be expected
from the most conservative estimates
of these numbers in the Territory.
Territory. Unbiased observers fa
miliar with conditions throughout the
total range state that the bear popu
lation is with minor exceptions well
distributed.
“In view of the fact that much is
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yet to be done in the scientific classi
fication of the several varieties of the
| brown bears of Alaska, it is not at
present practicable to state definitely
! the eract range of many forms.
“By reaso not' its formidable size
and uncertain temperament, the large
f-oastal brown bear.is.an animal that
: commands immediate respect of any
; sane person coming in iontact with it.
There are several instances on record.!
in which persons who have written f
i or told of the good nature, peaceable j
habits and temperament of this noble j
j animal have in their field studies}
either first fortified themselves with:
' a modern high-powered ritie or had al
guide standing, at their shoulder sim- i
darly eatpoped I. is. well that they!
'did so, otherwise an interesting tale I
i might not have been told.
“The Alaska Game Commission is j
an appointive nonpolitical Federal;
1 body and representative of both the:
Government and tha.people of Alaska’
jin the protection and preservation of;
the vast game resources of the ‘Won.-'
derland. of the North.’ It is fully!
; awake to the responsibilities involved '
and will immediately recommend to
the Secretary, of Agriculture any ad
ditional protective measure that may
become necessary through changing
conditions.”
A census of the bears on Admiralty
Island will be taken in the summer of
1932,. according to a statement of the
Biological. Survey. This will be ac
complished by such assistance as the
Bureau may, b- able to render in co- !
operation with the Forest Service and
the Alaska Game Commission. The
information thus obtained will be
helpful in the preparation of a game
management pan.for the island. Fur
ther protection fur the bags on areas
adjacent to the Glacier Bay National
Monument is also contemplated in
plans in course of development.
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APPEAL ON BEHALF OF 4
AMERICANS CONVICTED OF
MANSLAUGHTER, HONOLULU j
HONOLULU.—The appeal on be-j
hal fof the four Americans convicted !
of manslaughter.in the killing of Joe I
Kahahaawa mav ht -based on the acV
tion of Circuit. Judge Charles M.
Cristy in arbitrarily ordering a re
luctant grand jury to indict them,
Montgomery Winn, of defense coun
sel, said today. The original indict
ment returne dagainst the defendants
who were found guilty Friday night
was invalid, Winn declared, and de
fense attorneys may seek to have it j
thrown out. Winn recalled the action j
of Judge Cristy this spring when the ;
grand jury impaneled to consider in- I
dictments against the accused refused
to re&uim.--' a<- true bilL Judge Cristy
summoned-.thh jurors before him,
Winn declared, reprimanded them and
told them to retire and not to return
without a nindietment. “We thus
contend the indictment is invalid, and
this very probably will form the basis
of our appeal.” He said the appeal
probably would not be perfected for
three weeks. Meantime, Winn and
Clarence Darrow, chief of defense
counsel, are preparing t oask for a
new trial when the prisoners come
before Judge Charles S. Davis next
Friday for sentence. There was little
possibility of acquittal for Massie
and his defendants from the time the
jury began balloting, it was learned
authoritively. The first ballot was 7
to 5 for conviction, the second was
8 to 4 for conviction, and a deadlock
was reached when the vote stood 10
to 2 for conviction. The manslaughter
verdict carries a penalty of one to
ten years’ imprisonment.
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