Pelican 



and assume the hawk tried and missed. Don't underestimate 

 him. When a hawk has blood in his eye he never misses, but 

 often he dives for fun and the reward is a hail of buckshot. 



"Turkey buzzards come in for the same rough treatment. 

 Some years ago there was an epidemic of hog cholera in the 

 South. Farmers blazed away whenever they spotted a turkey 

 buzzard over some carcasses. The scientists of the Wildlife Serv- 

 ice moved in when they heard of the buzzard slaughter, and they 

 found that the buzzards weren't spreading cholera they were 

 helping to confine it. They were eating dead hogs, and their 

 digestive juices were killing the germs. 



"Twenty years ago people were massacring pelicans in Florida 

 on the grounds that they were eating too many fish. Once again 

 the Wildlife Service moved in and again they found the birds 

 not guilty. It was true that the pelicans were eating fish, but 99 

 per cent of them were eating non-commercial fish, the kind 

 fishermen had no use for." 



Out in the Rocky Mountains, golden eagles are currently 

 under indictment, but Mr. Burleigh is, has been, and will be 

 volunteer attorney for the defense. That they are responsible 

 for the disappearance of lambs and goats he stoutly denies. He 

 has examined the entrails of many golden eagles and found 

 absolutely no evidence for a conviction. 



