58 RAISING DEER IN THE UNITED STATES. 



time. Each deer or carcass of deer shipped from the preserve must 

 bear a tag furnished by the state board, by which it may be identified 

 at any time. (Acts of 1909, No. 204.) 



South Dakota. — The state game warden may issue permits to breed 

 or domesticate deer, moose, elk, caribou, buffalo, or game birds. 

 Annual reports are required from holders of permits. On receipt of 

 written permission from the game warden, any of the animals held 

 in possession in private preserves may be sold or shipped within or 

 without the State. (Laws of 1909, ch. 240.) 



Vermont. — A person may kill, sell, or dispose of deer which were 

 obtained without the State and are owned and confined by him in a 

 park or inclosure. (Pub. Stat. 1906, sec. 5326.) 



Wisconsin. — The fish and game warden may issue permits to breed 

 or domesticate deer, moose, elk, or caribou. A system of marking 

 the animals in preserves established under the permits is authorized, 

 and such animals may be sold or shipped within or without the State 

 upon receipt of written permission to do so from the state game and 

 fish warden. A tag identifying the animal by number must accom- 

 pany every carcass or part of the carcass shipped or exposed for sale. 

 (Laws of 1909, ch. 525.) 



A few other States except from the declaration of state ownership 

 of game that which is " under private ownership legally acquired." 

 In the absence of specific laws permitting the sale and export of such 

 game, there is uncertainty as to how courts would decide concerning 

 the rights of game propagators in these States. 



RESOLUTIONS BY THE AMERICAN BREEDERS' ASSOCIATION. 



At the annual meeting of the American Breeders' Association held 

 in Washington, D. C, January 28-30, 1908, the subject of breeding 

 game and fur mammals had an important place on the programme, 

 and at the close of the sessions, January 30, the following preamble 

 and resolution were adopted: 



Whereas there are vast possibilities in our wild meat, fur, and game mammals, 

 and birds, as a basis for stocking our private and public forest reserves and 

 game preserves with a view to the conservation and fuller utilization of our 

 natural resources and as a source of blood to be used in forming hybrids with 

 domestic animals; therefore, 



Resolved, That the American Breeders' Association urge the attention of Con- 

 gress, of state legislatures, sportsmen's societies, and private parties to the 

 preservation of the American bison, the various members of the deer family, 

 mountain sheep, arctic foxes, grouse, pheasants, quail, and other mammals and 

 birds, and the carrying out of experiments to determine their wide use on lands 

 not suited to domestic species and the determination of their value in the foun- 

 dation of hybrid animals designed for production under wild and semidomesti- 

 cated conditions. 



