296 CONSERVATION OF CANADIAN WILD LIFE 
and in my experience usually are, most interested in the 
conservation of our wild life. In such associations the sel- 
fish element, to whom the idea that the conservation of our 
wild life for the enjoyment of posterity is a duty does not 
appeal, is fortunately becoming rarer, though its voices 
may be heard from time to time. The majority of sports- 
men, using the word in its real sense as excluding the game- 
hog and pot-hunter, in Canada, are behind any movement 
that tends to the conservation of our game and wild-life re- 
sources. I have invariably found this to be the case, and 
it is an attitude that one might expect. 
We need, however, a far greater number of such local 
associations of sportsmen, naturalists, and others interested 
in the conservation of game and wild life. There should be 
one in every large district or county, whose chief object 
would be to act as trustee for the wild life in his particular 
region. Upon such associations should rest the responsi- 
bility of securing and making effective such protective 
measures as the wild life of their districts might require. 
The influence that such associations, when composed of men 
interested in the wise conservation of wild life rather than 
its reckless destruction, regardless of the future, would have 
on the citizens in their respective districts, is incalculable. 
Their co-operation in the protection of the wild life in their 
districts would be welcomed by the provincial governments; 
through them a real public opinion on the subject could be 
created; and a greater observance of the game laws would 
be insured. As a means, therefore, of securing the conser- 
vation of game and wild life, we would strongly recommend 
the formation of local associations of all interested. There 
is, in most districts, a sufficient number of sportsmen, 
farmers, nature-lovers, and others who seek recreation in 
the woods and fields, and who have a genuine interest in 
the conservation of the wild creatures which they pursue 
with gun, camera, or field-glass, to form such associations; 
