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(c) Forbid injurious interference with their breeding places, nests, habitations, 

 or habitat ; or 



(d) Limit the number of any species that may be taken by one person in a 

 vspecitied time ; or 



(e) Encourage the destruction of predaceous wild enemies of the creatures 

 selected for protection ; or 



(/) Encourage the propagation of creatures on which the protected creatures 

 prey ; or ^ 



(g) Limit the common law right of subjects to possess, sell, transport, or deal 

 in the protected creatures. 



3. The establishment of officials charged either with the enforcement of the 

 protective enactments, or with the work of artificially multiplying the protected 

 creatures. 



4. The specification of penalties incurred by the violation of the protective 

 enactments, and of procedure for bringing offenders to punishment. 



Quadrupeds Selected and Specified for Protection. 



In Ontario the following quadrupeds are protected by statute, and their 

 close seasons set as follows : 



Elk, Moose, Reindeer, Cariboo Absolutely close to Oct., 1895. 



Deer Close between 20th Nov. to loth Oct. next. 



Hares Close between loth March to 1st Sept. 



Beaver, Mink, Muskrat, \ 



Sable, Marten, Otter, V Close between 1st May to 1st Nov. 



Fisher j 



In addition to the above, the following quadrupeds, or young of quadrupeds, 

 are protected in the Commonwealths named : 



Fawns in the spotted coat cannot be legally killed at any season in British 

 Columbia, New York, Pennsylvania, Oregon, Michigan, California, Colorado. 

 Does cannot be legally killed at any season in Colorado, California. 



Squirrels — Close seasons. 



Connecticut 1st January to 1st October. 



Illinois loth December to 1st June next. 



Indiana 20th December to 1st June next. 



Massachusetts. 1st March to 1st September. 



New Hampshire 1st Jan'y to 1st September. 



New Jersey 20th Dec. to 1st Nov. next, 



(Variable by districts.) 



New York 1st February to 1st August. 



Ohio 15th December to 1st July next. 



Pennsylvania 1st Jan'y to 1st September. 



Rhode Island 1st Jan'y to 1st September. 



Wisconsin 15th Dec'r to 1st August next. 



Kentucky 1st February to 15th June. 



Raccoon — 



New Hampshire 1st Jan'y to 1st September. 



Missouri 1st April to 1st November. 



(Note.—" Rabbits or hares " is the term employed (where Ontario law specifies " hares " only) in New 

 oundland. Nova Scotia, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin.) 



