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NATURAL RESOURCES COUNCIL OF ILLINOIS TO MEET IN ALLERTON PARK 
The tenth annual Outdoor Conservation Conference of the Natural Resources Council 
will be held at Allerton Park on October 11 to 13, 1963. The theme of the confer- 
ence is "Learning to Live with Pesticides." Invitations will be sent to many 
Illinois conservation groups in carly September. The program: On Friday night 
there will be a film on water pollution followed by a round-table discussion. 
Saturday morning will feature talks on multiple use of public and private lands. 
In the afternoon the spotlight will be on pesticides, with speakers from the 
world of biology and government. The Saturday banquet will be followed by an 
address on the need for a new conservation ethic. On Sunday, the morning will be 
devoted to a field trip and talks by delegates on organization problems and local 
issues. Allerton Park is near Monticello, Tl. Further information may be obtain- 
ed from Chairman Louis Head, 115 W. Celhoun St., Macomb, Ill. 

DON'T ABANDON YOUR PETS ¢ 
Dogs that are allowed to roam freely, or are abandoned in the country to fend for 
themselves, harass end kill wildlife, according to a recent report from William T. 
Lodge, Director of the Illinois Department of Conservation. Studies of the 
Illinois pheasant indicate that free-running dogs and ground squirrels are 
responsible for more nest and egg destruction than any other predators. Dogs--and 
cats that have reverted to the wild--undoubtedly will destroy the nests of ground- 
nesting birds as well as baby rabbits found in their nests. "Dogs, singly and in © 
packs, run deer. Perhaps they do not actually catch or kill many healthywhite- 
tails, but they do injure docs due to drop fawns and will take fawns that do not 
have the endurance for a fast run. I won't argue about a dog being a man's best 
friend," Lodge said, "but a dog should be kept under control and fed well, not per- 
mitted to roam frecly to survive on what it can kill." 
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