THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A 

 SANCTUARY 



THE motive of establishing a sanctuary is to perpetuate our 

 useful and interesting wild birds and quadrupeds. No move- 

 ment of the present day tending toward the conservation of our 

 wild life, is of more vital importance, or will have more far-reach- 

 ing results, than the establishing and maintaining of sanctuaries. 

 Every sanctuary created is an aid to the Federal Government in 

 its work of protection of the migratory birds, by providing quiet 

 nesting places, abundance of food, and freedom from molestation. 



A game preserve differs from a sanctuary in this fundamental 

 principle : that it is maintained for the specific purpose of afford- 

 ing sport in the form of shooting, to the owners thereof, and the 

 gamebirds and animals are conserved within this prescribed area 

 solely for the pleasure of the sportsmen. The owners of a game 

 preserve have the right to protect this land from trespass, by post- 

 ing notices prohibiting shooting. While theoretically a game pre- 

 serve is maintained for the purposes of increasing the numbers of 

 gamebirds and animals for the pleasure of sport, it will be found 

 upon investigation, that in many preserves the members actually 

 do very little shooting, and contribute to the welfare of the out- 

 lying country, by arresting poachers, by feeding the gamebirds 

 during the severe weather of winter, and by destroying their nat- 

 ural enemies. 



Within the boundaries of a sanctuary, however, all shooting 

 and other methods of destruction and disturbance are strictly pro- 

 hibited, and the birds and animals are encouraged to increase in 

 numbers. Landowners who make of their properties a sanctuary, 

 signify their desire to become public benefactors, by foregoing the 

 pleasure of shooting on their own estates. 



The natural yearly increase of gamebirds and animals would 

 overflow the boundaries of the sanctuary and eventually re-stock 

 the areas open to free shooting. The establishment of a sanctuary 

 becomes a mutual benefit to both sportsman and farmer, for in 

 conserving the gamebirds and destroying their natural enemies, 

 the birds useful for economic reasons, are at the same time 



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