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kept within bounds, and that it must rise above 

 mere slaughter of defenseless animals. 



Another expression of this growing sympathy 

 is exhibited in the reservation of certain areas in 

 which animals are to be unmolested. It is most 

 significant that while many country regions are 

 practically shot clean of animal life, sometimes 

 even to songbirds, the parks and other public 

 properties in cities often support this wild life 

 in abundance. Usually it is easier to study 

 squirrels and many kinds of birds in the city 

 parks than in their native wilds. To this 

 awakening interest in the preservation of ani- 

 mals is now added the desire to preserve the 

 wild flowers and to protect scenery. The fu- 

 ture will see the wild animals and plants safely 

 ensconced in those areas that lie beyond the 

 reach of cultivated fields; and these things will 

 be the heritage of the people, not of the hunter, 

 marksman, and collector alone. 



This desire to protect and preserve our nativa 

 animals is well expressed in President Roose- 

 velt's reference to the subject when discussing 

 the forest preserves in his first message to Con- 



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