PART I.— THE FUND 



THIRD STATEMENT OF THE PERMANENT 

 WILD LIFE PROTECTION FUND 



Report of Activities in 1917, 1918 and 1919 



THE year 1917 was a year of universal war distraction 

 and unrest. For us it was full of activities for pre- 

 paredness, and war relief, Red Cross work and anti-German 

 propaganda. 



The year 1918 was America's second year of war en- 

 grossments, and the whole nation remained all that year on 

 a war footing, and in lines marshalled for service. 



Those two years were not good years in which to inaugu- 

 rate and promote new measures for the protection of wild 

 life. The time of people who work for wild life without 

 pay was greatly curtailed, and their efforts were impera- 

 tively demanded by more urgent causes. The relief of 

 human suffering enlisted a mighty army of men and women 

 who in peace times gave freely of their time and strength 

 to the wild life cause. 



But, notwithstanding the war's distractions and exac- 

 tions, the welfare of the wild creatures has all along been 

 jealously guarded. This was strikingly manifested in 1917 

 when efforts were made by hysterical and thoughtless per- 

 sons to "let down the bars" of protection, and permit the 

 killing of "more game" as a war measure, to provide an 

 additional food supply for the nation. 



Those demands were made in various states, and they 

 met an immediate response. The wild life conservationists 

 of all- America rose against them in one compact mass ! This 



