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Export of game 'prohibited by State laws — Continued. 



States. 



Newfoundland, 1899 1 



Northwest Territo- 

 ries, 1899. 



Ontario, 1900. 



Kinds of game — Penalties. 



Caribou (carcass or skin — except under license), willow or other grouse for 

 sale— penalty, $500 for caribou, |5 per bird for grouse. (Vessel receiving cari- 

 bou for transportation may be seized and sold to satisfy fine. ) 



Elk, moose, caribou, antelope (or the young of any of these animals), grouse, 

 partridge, prairie chicken, pheasant — penalty, not exceeding $50 and costs, 

 or imprisonment not exceeding 2 months. 



Deer, elk, moose, caribou, or head, skin, or other part thereof — penalty, $20-$50. 



1 Minister of Marine and Fisheries may authorize export for breeding and other purposes. 



Besides the various Canadian nonexpert laws included in the above table 

 Canada has a general law prohibiting export of deer, w^ild turkeys, quail, partridge, 

 prairie fowl and woodcock, but making exception in the case of deer raised on private 

 preserves and permitting nonresident sportsmen to export two deer each in a 

 calendar year at certain ports within fifteen days after the close of the open season. 

 The ports of export are Halifax and Yarmouth, Nova Scotia; Macadam Junction, 

 New Brunswick; Quebec, Montreal, and Ottawa, Quebec; Kingston, Niagara Falls, 

 Fort Erie, Windsor, Sault Ste. Marie, and Port Arthur, Ontario; and such others as 

 the Minister of Customs may from time to time designate. (See pp. 137-138. ) 



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The subject of transportation of game for breeding purposes is 

 one that has received too little attention at the hands of lawmakers. 

 In some States the prohibition against export is so broad as to include 

 not only dead game, but also live animals and birds intended for prop- 

 agation. Legislation aimed directly at the sale of live game for such 

 purposes is found in at least one State, Montana, which declares that 

 any person who shall willfully catch, trap, or otherwise restrain for 

 the purpose of sale, or domestication, or any other purpose, any buffalo, 

 elk, moose, or mountain sheep shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. 

 Maine has recently inaugurated a departure in requiring every person 

 who imports any game to first secure a permit from the commission 

 of inland fisheries and game, under penalty of a fine of $50 to |500. 

 Delaware, Nevada, North Carolina, and Tennessee have stringent laws 

 prohibiting the export of quail, dead or alive, out of the State. 



One of the objects of the Lacey Act is "to aid in the restoration of 

 such [game] birds in those parts of the United States adapted thereto 

 where the same have become scarce or extinct," and to that end the 

 Secretary of Agriculture is authorized "to purchase such game birds 

 and other wild birds as may be required therefor, subject, however, 

 to the laws of the various States and Territories." Laws prohibiting 

 the export of live birds from the State tend to interfere seriously with 

 the accomplishment of this purpose. It would seem that a free inter- 

 change of game birds for restocking depleted covers should be a matter 

 of mutual interest to all States that desire to restore the former abun- 

 dance of game. 



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