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that certain hawks take mice, the keeper 

 should not be compelled to preserve' the 

 hawks, if his pheasants destroy the mice 

 and if he can control them with terriers 

 sufficiently to grow all the food his 

 game birds require. 



When a beneficial hawk is observed 

 to be taking game regularly the owner of 

 the game should certainly decide if he 

 wishes to have that hawk removed. 



To argue otherwise seems to us to be 

 sheer nonsense. 



Often we have pointed out that the 

 smaller hawks and owls, the bluejays, and 

 some other enemies should not be indis- 

 criminately destroyed. The rule should 

 be to observe what damage is done and 

 to stop even a so-called "beneficial" when 

 he becomes very destructive. 



The country is large, the species that 

 prey on game are numerous and tre- 

 mendously over-abundant in many places 

 when compared with the remnant of game 

 which is left. In some places it is im- 

 possible to restore the game because the 

 game enemies are so numerous as to 

 keep nature's balance upset in the wrong; 



