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TIME'S story on the endangered condor [Sept. 21] attributed to me the comment that "captive breeding has already saved the elephant seal." Several animals have been saved by captive breeding, but not the elephant seal. In response to TIME'S question about the ability of animals to recover from a small population base, I noted the history of the northern elephant seal, which has grown from a population of about 20 to one of about 40,000, but not in captivity. Siberian tigers, Mongolian wild horses, Père David's deer and European bison...
Connecticut vainly attempted to score again, but a combination of a strong Crimson defense and another Harvard touchdown by McGugan followed by a missed point after served to seal the Huskies' fate with a final score...
...year-old civil servant-turned-writer concocted a tale about a wooden marionette and sold the first chapter to a children's newspaper, reportedly describing the story as "a little nonsense." By the 15th installment, the author was no longer harried by financial troubles and decided to seal his hero's fate by having him hanged by a devious fox and cat. But popular outrage quickly compelled him to create a lovely blue fairy who resurrected the boy puppet and guided his adventures through 21 more chapters...
Vura connected with Hall for touchdown bombs of 93, 84 and 40 yards, the last two bringing the Quakers back from a 22-14 disadvantage to seal...
...Phillips, spokesman for the San Francisco-based Friends of the Earth: "Human interference has already pushed the condor closer to extinction. It's inherently too risky." Maybe so. But William Conway, director of the New York Zoological Society, points out that captive breeding has already saved the elephant seal, down to 20 animals in 1890 and now back up to nearly 40,000. It has also helped raise the number of whooping cranes from 15 in 1941 to more than 100. "There is every reason to believe it will work with the condor," says Conway, "unless we wait...