Game Reguiations 
regulations preposed to the Ministry of Agriculture by the 
been reviewed, and, in general, are recommended. 
needed to protect the fauna of the 
The game and hunting 
appointed Committee on Fish and Game have 
Detailed suggestions regarding some of the regulations 
Republic are ae follows: 
~The hunti of deer should be permitted only during the day. In the 
oe er (Odocoileus) and brocket (Mazama, called 
Departments of the Republic in which de 
guitricil) occur, the time and length of the bunting season should be based on existing 
- conditions. 
In general, the season should be limited to the months from November 1 through 
March 31. 
In the Departments in which their numbers are too few, the season should be 
closed. 
In all Departments, the season should be closed during the principal period when 
these deer are breeding. 
Any person who buys deer hides for commercial use should be required to have a 
license from the Government. Every transaction should be recorded with the Department of 
Fish and Game, as that office should have a record of all deer hides purchased. Permits 
should aleo be required for the exportation of these hides, and records kept of the number 
exported. Part of any fees charged for these permits should revert to the Department of 
Fish and Game to finance its operations. 
The hunting of the following animale should be prohibited: tapir (danta), manatee 
(manati), monkeys, and ant-eaters (oso colmenera and oso real). 
Birdg.--The hunting season on quails, partridges, tinamous, pajuiles (Crax), pavas 
(Penelope), chachas (Ortalig), doves, pigeons, and other game birds except ducks should be 
limited to the period from September 1 to March 1. During the remainder of the year, most 
of these birds are breeding. 
In the Departments in which any of these game birds have been very greatly reduced 
in numberea and their extermination is threatened, the season should be closed. 
The hunting season on ducke should be from October 1 to January 31; only four monthe 
in length. By February 1, resident ducks are beginning to neet and the migrants are enroute 
to their breeding grounds. 
The shooting of ducks with rifles of any and all types should be prohibited. Only 
the following should be considered game birds: tinamous, ducks, geese, curassows (pajuiles), 
guans (Penelops, called pavas), chachas (Ortalis and Penelopina), horned guans (Greophasis), 
partridges (Dendrortyx and Dactylortyx), quails (Colinus and Cyrtonyx), ocellated or Petén 
turkey (Aeriocharis), rails (Rallus, Amaurolimnas, Aramides, Porzana, and Laterallus), 
gallinules (Gallinula and Porphyrvla), coote (Fulica), thick-kmees or alcaravanes (Burhinus), 
the large doves and pigeons. 

The hunting of Alcaravanes or thick-knees (Burhinus) should be prohibited 
because of their scarcity, 
Of the many kinds of doves and pigeons, the hunting of the small species known as 
tortolas or totolitas should be prohibited. 
The hunting of shorebirds, including snipe (becacinas), pl 
t » plover (gangas), and other 
species should be prohibited because of their relative scarcity. 
The hunting of herons and egrets (garzas), storks and ibises (garzones and 
earjentos), and other species that are considered valuable as ornamental birds should be 
prohibited. 
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