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junction with the river Zambesi, and thence run- 

 ning along the right bank of that river as far as the 



Indian Ocean. 



ARTICLE II. 



The High Contracting Powers declare that the 

 most effective means of preserving the various forms 

 of animal life existing in a wild state within the 

 zone defined in Article I. are the following : — 



1. Prohibition of the hunting and destruction of 

 the animals mentioned in Schedule I. attached to the 

 present Convention, and also of any other animals 

 whose protection, whether owing to their usefulness 

 or to their rarity and threatened extermination, may 

 be considered necessary by each Local Government. 



2. Prohibition of the hunting and destruction 

 of young animals of the species mentioned in 

 Schedule II. attached to the present Convention. 



3. Prohibition of the hunting and destruction 

 of females of the species mentioned in Schedule III. 

 attached to the present Convention when accom- 

 panied by their young. 



The prohibition, to a certain extent, of the 

 destruction of any females, when they can be 

 recognized as such, with the exception of those of 

 the species mentioned in Schedule V. attached to 

 the present Convention. 



4. Prohibition of the hunting and destruction, 

 except in limited numbers, of animals of the species 

 mentioned in Schedule IV. attached to the present 

 Convention. 



5. Establishment, as far as it is possible, of 

 reserves within which it shall be unlawful to hunt, 





