INDIVIDUAL AND COMMUNITY EFFORT 289 
PRIVATE WILD-LIFE SANCTUARIES AND GAME 
RESERVES 
We have, fortunately, in Canada many examples of what 
can be accomplished by individual effort to preserve the 
wild life in a limited area. The value of such instances can- 
not be overestimated, both on account of the examples they 
offer of what can be achieved by individuals and their effect 
on the abundance of the wild life of the neighbourhood. 
Mention has been made in previous chapters of instances 
of individual effort, such as the work of Mr. Jack Miner, in 
creating a wild-life sanctuary, particularly for wild fowl, 
near Kingsville, Ont., and of the fifteen-acre game preserve 
of Mr. Reuben Lloyd, a farmer at Davidson, Sask. In 
Ontario the Provincial Government has taken the com- 
mendable step of encouraging the establishment of wild-life 
preserves by individuals, and, in addition to the ‘‘Miner 
Sanctuary,” it has recently set aside the ‘‘Peasemarsh 
Farm,” on the shore of Georgian Bay in the county of 
Grey, as a bird sanctuary, at the request of the owner, Miss 
K. L. Marsh. We hope this example will be widely fol- 
lowed in other parts of the country, for nothing gives the 
owner so much real pleasure as the possession of a tract of 
land, however small it may be, in which the wild life is 
protected, not only from human enemies but from pred- 
atory animals, and particularly cats, the most destructive 
of the alien enemies of our native birds. 
The owner of a private wild-life sanctuary soon gains the 
confidence of the creatures that enjoy his protection. Daily 
his enjoyment of such a sanctuary increases, as his knowl- 
edge of the wild life that he is protecting grows and as new 
members respond to his encouragement. The changing of 
the seasons is followed by changes in his wild-life community. 
There is a never-ending stream of new pleasures that can 
come only to those who are fortunate enough to possess 
