THE



Avicultural Magazine


THE JOURNAL OF THE

AVICULTURAL SOCIETY



Fifth Series.-—V oL MI.—No. IQ,—-All rights reserved. OCTOBER, 1938.



THE INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR

BIRD PRESERVATION


A Peksonal Appeal by David Seth-Smith


I would like to make a personal appeal to every member of the

Avicultural Society, of which I am one of the oldest members, to give

their support to the British Section of the International Committee

for Bird Preservation. Aviculturists are people who are very fond of

birds, and wish above all things to preserve the birds of the world,

and especially those species that are in special need of protection, but

they have always been rather suspicious of certain societies which

obtain much of their support from a section of the public who are

rather sentimentalists than naturalists and who have the mistaken

idea that to keep any bird in captivity is cruel. Such people are the

very life blood of certain organizations which have grown rich as a

result. It is high time that a wider view of bird preservation should be

taken and bird preservation and aviculture should march hand in

hand.



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