& Sportsman's platform 



FIFTEEN CARDINAL PRINCIPLES AFFECTING WILD 

 GAME AND ITS PURSUIT 



Proposed by William T. Hornaday 



AND ADOPTED BY 



THE CAMP-FIRE CLUB OF AMERICA 



AS ITS CODE OF ETHICS 



December 10, 1908 



1. The wild animal life of to-day is not ours, to do 

 with as we please. The original stock is given to us in 

 trust, for the benefit both of the present and the future. 

 We must render an accounting of this trust to those who 

 come after us. 



2. Judging from the rate at which the wild creatures 

 of North America are now being destroyed, fifty years 

 hence there will be no large game left in the United 

 States nor in Canada, outside of rigidly protected game 

 preserves. It is therefore the duty of every good citizen 

 to promote the protection of forests and wild life and the 

 creation of game preserves, while a supply of game re- 

 mains. Every man who finds pleasure in hunting or 

 fishing should be willing to spend both time and money 

 in active work for the protection of forests, fish, and 

 game. 



3. The sale of game is incompatible with the per- 

 petual preservation of a proper stock of game; therefore 

 it should be prohibited by laws and by public sentiment. 



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