Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 December 1901 — Wild Animal Statisties. [ARTICLE]

Wild Animal Statisties.

The number of wild animals destroyed In India In 1960 was 17,260, as compared with 18,887 In 1889. The snakes killed In the same periods number 88,232 and 94,548, respectively. There was a satisfactory Increase In the number of wolves destroyed, which was 2,872, as compared with 2,367 In 1899. The bears destroyed rose from 1,686 In 1899 to 1,840. The tigers destroyed fell, however, from 1,670 to 1,314, and the leopards from 4,548 to 4,480.