PROTECTION OF GAME AND WILD LIFE 275 
DOMINION PARKS ACT 
As one of the main objects of the Canadian National 
Parks is to conserve the native mammals and birds, strin- 
gent regulations are in force to prevent the hunting, cap- 
ture, destruction, or molestation in any way of the wild life 
in the national parks, which have been described in another 
chapter (pp. 235-243). 
These regulations make it illegal to: 
1. Chase, harass or pursue, hunt, shoot at, trap, take, 
wound, kill, capture, or destroy any game—which 
term includes all mammals or birds within any 
national park. 
2. Have in possession, except as specially provided, any 
game, or parts thereof, killed or procured within a 
national park. 
3. Use poison, poisonous substances, or gas for taking, 
injuring, or destroying game in a national park. 
4, Sell within a national park guns or other weapons used 
for the destruction of game without a permit. 
5. Carry guns or firearms of any description within a 
national park, except by an officer of the park, un- 
less such guns shall have been sealed by the super- 
intendent of the park or a duly authorized official. 
Any unsealed gun or firearm found in a national 
park is subject to forfeiture. 
6. Allow dogs to run unleashed in a national park. 
In addition, the regulations provide for the following: 
1. The forfeiture of the outfits of all persons convicted of 
illegally hunting or killing any game or having 
illegal possession of game within a national park. 
(The significance of this penalty was realized by a 
party of hunters who were proved a few years ago 
