IDAHO TO FEED ELKS.
An effort will be made by the State to prevent as far as possible arepetition of the wanton destruction of large numbers of elk which tookplace in Fremont County last winter.
The animals had been driven by extreme hunger to approach thesettlements, and, weak from starvation and struggling in the unusuallydeep snow when they reached the lowlands, were killed and skinned. Inmany cases, reduced to mere skeletons, their meat could not be used.
The idea of the game warden is to arrange if possible to have cheaphay shipped into the country where the elk abound and place it wherethe animals, when their natural food supply gives out, will be able tofind food. Several of the ranches in the elk country have put out hayfor the animals for a number of years, and they have not been long inlocating it when the snow gets deep in the hills. In this manner theyare enabled to keep in good condition throughout the winter, and whenspring arrives return to their usual haunts.
The eastern part of the State forms the principal range for theseanimals which the authorities are endeavoring to protect from the pothunters and specimen seekers. Stringent laws have been enacted, which,if carried out, will go a great way toward protecting the king of NorthAmerican game animals.
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