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The Cats. 



SOME CATS AND A DOG. 



By William Day, 



This is the Dog that Worried the Cats. 



Superintendent Heath Hen Reservation. 

 I read with interest the May Game 

 Breeder, in which was printed "More 

 Cat Tales," and I thought the following 

 might be of interest to game breeders 

 and bird lovers. Acting under instruc- 

 tions from Mr. William C. Adams, chair- 

 man of the Massachusetts Fish and 

 Game Commission, I went to Muskeget 

 Island in March, 1916, with a dog pur- 



chased by Mr. Adams for that business, 

 and got eleven cats. (Note the picture 

 marked No. 1, taken back of the Coast 

 Guard Station by Mr. John Kililea.) 

 Previous seasons it has been very easy 

 to pick up large numbers of small terns 

 in the nesting season, killed by these ani- 

 mals. Picture No. 2, by courtesy of Mr. 

 Edward Howe Forbush, are cats that 

 were shot on the Martha's Vineyard 

 Reservation during the winter of 1915 

 and 1916. As the reservation is situated 

 four miles from any village, you will 

 realize what a pest these cats are to the 

 Heath Hens, and all bird life. It must 

 not be construed that any of these were 

 tame, all of them are semi-wild, and very 



shy. 



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Massachusetts. 



Massachusetts still is in the lead as a 

 game producing state It has the most 

 liberal law, encouraging game breeding. 

 No charge is made for the game breed- 

 ers license. There are hundreds of 

 breeders of big game and feathered game 

 and many game fish breeders. 



Knock out the nonsense in the game 

 laws and the game breeders will do the 

 rest. Quickly the coun+ry will produce 

 all the quail and other game the people 

 can eat. 



