Darling drew this cartoon while in the hospital in 1959, but since he recovered from that illness, his secretary Merle Strasser filed the cartoon. When Darling died on February 12, 1962, the cartoon was printed in the Des Moines Register the following day.
Copyright is owned by the "Ding" Darling Wildlife Society; it is administered on behalf of the Society by The University of Iowa. While use within the classroom is encouraged without specific authorization, publishing this cartoon in any format requires written permission. See policy and permissions procedure at: http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/spec-coll/services/dingdarling_fees.html
