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■A1TIT0UHCEI.1EITT ; Join with us all you friends of the hirds and "beasts and you 



lovers of justice. Uncle Sam' s Naturalists are all set to stage a trial for us 



today a trial in which we'll hear serious charges against some of the furred and 



feathered folk of the Great Out-of-Doors and also testimony in their defense. 



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You've all heard the old saying, "Tell me what yom eat and I'll tell you 

 what you are . " 



Uell , we seem to take that old adage as the foundation of our entire system 

 of justice for our "bird and animal friends. One particular "bird may feed on some 



other form of wild life that we consider especially desiralsle say, a fish a 



trout. The "bird may not eat trout as a regular diet only once in a while. 



Nevertheless, we say that "bird is destroying a valuable game fish; we are likely 

 to outlaw him as vermin as sometliing we must kill and destroy. 



You realize how much of our wild like we've thoughtlessly condemned to the 

 so-called "vermin" class voen we "bring a few of our furred and feathered friends 

 "before the "court" and hear the many charges "brought against them. 



Suppose we simnon first that "beautiful bird the G-reat Blue Heron. 



The heron comes before the court gulping dc-n a hasty lunch of fish. You see 

 enough of the fish to realize it is a trout. 



One witness an ardent angler growls, "I told you so. Plain as day. 



IVe've caught a heron in the act a trout in his bill, TJhat more evidence do you 



want? TTe've riot to shoot off a few of these herons to save our fish." 



T7ithout stopping to defend the heron or to comment on the charges we call 



another "accused" from t'ne wilds — "this time the crafty fox. 



Br'er fox comes before the court under a cloud. Many folks have already fornEd 

 their opinions as to his guilt. You notice a tell-tale feather dangling from the 

 corner of his jaT7. The feather Vorns out to be the feather of a quail. That 

 feather strengthens the case against the fox; he is an enemy of our bird life. 

 Even some of liis former friends begin to think we liad better comdemn the fox to 

 death. 



Convincing evidence, perhaps. But let's pass on. Next comes the weasel. 



Here indeed is "Public Enemy No. 1." - — Sly, bold, bloodthirsty. Cousin 



of the mink and polecat. 



