BULLETIN NUMBER TWO 71 



From the Oklahoma City Times : 



"The proposition is so rational that it appeals mightily 

 to those who would render all possible aid to real conser- 

 vation." 



From the Waterloo, Iowa, Courier: 



"Indeed many important species are so near extinction 

 that it is hardly possible to save them unless effective meth- 

 ods of propagation are speedily adopted. With this end in 

 view the establishment of game sanctuaries over large 

 areas in the west has been recommended by William T. 

 Hornaday, .... Mr. Hornaday's plan will be presented 

 to the coming session of Congress and it is to be hoped that 

 every sportsman and bird-lover in the country will use 

 whatever influence he has with his congressman to bring 

 about its adoption." 



From the Albany Argus : 



"If a plan outlined by Dr. William T. Hornaday, director 

 of the New York Zoological Gardens, in connection with 

 the United States forestry service and the biological sur- 

 vey, is carried out a great step will be taken toward better 

 conservation of wild birds and other game. In some States, 

 notably this, wise game laws well enforced are sufficient 

 protection to wild life, but the trouble is that the migratory 

 birds every year pass through States in their flight where 

 there is no adequate protection. The result is that they 

 are slaughtered in large numbers, by pot-hunters, and not 

 only do the real sportsmen suffer, but farmers do not get 

 the protection that the insect-destroying birds afford when 

 they are intelligently conserved. 



"A chain of sanctuaries would enable the migratory birds 

 to escape most of the pot-hunters and experience has proved 

 that the birds in a very short time learn that they are safe 

 in these preserves. There are already such sanctuaries in 

 several of the national parks, and game has multiplied in 

 them rapidly, but at present they benefit only certain sec- 

 tions of the country. What is needed is a chain of them 

 extending from the Canadian border to the Gulf of Mexico, 

 and not so far apart but that the birds would be subjected 

 to little danger in flying from one to another. 



Every true sportsman should be in favor of the plan out- 

 lined by Dr. Hornaday and every farmer in the country 

 should endorse it." 



