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THE GAME BREEDER 



used for food. They are high- 

 priced birds, owned exclusively by 

 breeders whose industry should not 

 be restricted in any way by laws 

 intended to protect wild game said 

 to be owned by the State, because 

 it has no other owner. 



In some States the above program has 

 been very nearly carried out. In many 

 States the breeding industry is limited to 

 certain species of game which least need 

 the breeders' attention. Breeders who 

 produce game animals own them of 

 course, on account of their industry and 

 the restrictions which appear necessary 

 in order to save the wild game should 

 not be applied anywhere to prevent the 

 production of game. Where restrictive 

 laws are enacted they should always con- 

 tain a section providing that the law does 

 not apply to game breeders or (as in the 

 new United States Statute) that nothing 

 in the law shall be construed to prevent 

 the breeding of game on game farms and 

 preserves and the sale of the game in 

 order to increase our food supply. When 

 laws are enacted prohibiting the shoot- 

 ing of any species of game for terms of 

 years or forever they should contain al- 

 ways a section providing that the law 

 does not apply to game produced on 

 game farms and preserves, oherwise 

 such legislation will put an end to all in- 

 dustry intended to keep the game plen- 

 tiful ; will put those engaged in such in- 

 dustry out of business and prevent new 

 breeders from undertaking the industry 

 of breeding the species named in the law. 

 It has become evident that closed sea- 

 sons must be renewed in order to be ef- 

 fective and that they eventually result 

 in putting an end to field sports. Breed- 

 ers interested in having state laws 

 amended and who wish to have the 

 assistance and advice of the Game Con- 

 servation Society are invited to write 

 to the Secretary. It is advisable to en- 

 close a copy of the proposed law which 

 it is desired to have enacted, defeated 

 or amended. We are not lobbyists but 

 we know how to reach those who should 

 be told the effect of laws which prevent 

 a food producing industry and too often 

 put an end to shooting. 



An Oregon Outrage. 



The Seattle Daily Times reports the 

 following outrageous arrest of one of 

 our readers : 



When R. B. Coman of Cowen Park, presi- 

 dent of the Pheasant Breeders' Association, 

 presented a dead go.den pheasant to County 

 Game Warden Frank L. Wilkins for tagging 

 this morning, he was surprised at being im- 

 mediately placed under arrest and charged 

 with having the dead bird in his possession 

 out of season. 



Coman explained that he had raised the 

 pheasant and that it had such unusually beau- 

 tiful plumage that he killed it to mount for 

 his private collection. 



Game Warden Wilkins explained that the 

 law made his act a misdemeanor and took 

 Coman before Justice of the Peace Otis W. 

 Brinker, who fined him $5. 



The warden who made the arrest 

 should promptly be fired, as he would be 

 if the State Game Officer should take 

 the action warranted by the occurrence. 

 The State should pay damages to Mr. 

 Coman for the loss of his fowl. 



Game laws intended to protect the 

 vanishing wild game birds which are 

 edible do not apply to aviary pheasants 

 which are not shot or eaten. The game 

 laws do not apply to canaries, peacocks 

 and many other birds and readers who 

 are raided by ignorant wardens should 

 have their cases continued and write to 

 The Game Breeder, which will promptly 

 look into the matter and suggest a proper 

 defense. Good State game officers do 

 not relish being disgraced by outrageous 

 arrests. 



Pheasants for a Banquet. 



One of our readers writes that he has 

 sold 600 pheasants for a banquet. The 

 tendency of such sales is, of course, to 

 make the game abundant. 



Modern Game Laws. 



A direct result of the "More Game 

 and Fewer Game Laws" movement ap- 

 pears in amendments to state laws per- 

 mitting the production, shooting, sale 

 and transportation of all or certain spe- 

 cies of game. Thirty-seven states now en- 

 courage game breeding and the states 

 where it still is criminal to produce game 



