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Conservation Reader 



Boys should be taught 

 either at home or in school 

 the sacredness of life, and a 

 feehng of pity and love for 

 the wild creatures that are 

 surrounded by enemies on 

 every side. They should 

 be taught that animals 

 have feelings and that they 

 want to live. They should 

 be taught how wrong it 

 is to destroy life uselessly. 

 The nest of eggs or help- 

 less young left to their fate 

 through the thoughtless 

 killing of a mother bird is a 

 sight which must arouse the 

 sympathy of every boy who has been taught what it means. 

 The killing of the mothers is the surest way to destroy 

 a species. The laws in most of our states now regulate 

 hunting during the breeding season and limit the number of 

 wild animals or birds that may be taken in a given time. 

 Whenever the numbers of any species become so reduced 

 that it is in danger of extinction, all hunting of that species 

 should be prohibited for a number of years. 



We should feel sorry for those men who live in a civilized 

 land and get the benefit of its advantages and yet are worse 

 than savages at heart. If these men who are so wasteful 

 of wild hfe could be stripped of their destructive weapons 

 and sent into the wilds to make their living as savages do, 

 they would soon learn to be more careful. 



Eiislman Kodak Company 



The only right way to hunt birds' nests — 

 with a camera. 



