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domestication. Generally, when private ownership of game is 

 recognized by law, the right to kill such game is granted, but 

 the owner is hampered by the same regulations as to season, 

 sale, and shipment that apply to wild game. One by one, how- 

 ever, state legislatures are coming to recognize the interests of 



FIG. 318. Virginia or white-tail deer. (From U. S. Dept. of Agric.) 



game propagators, and game laws are gradually being modified 

 in accordance with the change of view. 



Predaceous Mammals. Predaceous mammals feed upon the 

 flesh of other animals; if these animals are beneficial to man, 

 the predaceous mammal may be considered injurious, but if the 

 animals preyed upon are harmful to man, the predaceous mam- 



