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sportsmen had left in that vicinity in the neighbourhood of $18,000 — 

 a very important item in a very small village. 



Two or three stories will illustrate the attitude of some people in 

 regard to game protection. A farmer who resided on the shore of Shoal 

 lake, in Manitoba, rowed a visitor to an island in the lake. As soon 

 as the farmer saw the hundreds of pelicans on the island, he was much 

 surprised and announced his intention to return in a few days to kill 

 them and feed them to his swine. Another was the story of a farmer 

 in Alberta who was arrested and heavily fined for killing a moose to 

 furnish food for his dogs. Still another was that, in Alberta last year, 

 253 moose were killed south of latitude 55°. In addition to that 

 number, there were those that were killed and not recorded and, also, 

 the hundreds that were killed north of that latitude. This is sufficient 

 to show that, unless that magnificent animal receives proper protection, 

 it will soon become virtually extinct in the province of Alberta. 



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