THE SHOOTING SEASON.
! NBW &ANCTUARITSS FOE <WATER ;.-■ X'. , •■"•" ".FOWL.;-.---"' ' v : •". .:'■'. Idi TminittAi-n. -iipsm u : . r.annr.avnxnttiT.i . M- ! Ohristohuroli, February 15. :. In--'.regard , to tho approaching '.. shooting season, the Hon. D t -'Buddo, in an interview, to-day statod v that-ho ! had, during the last week',.: declared; tho : Avon; -River-: right through' the city,, from -Pendalton to Dalliiigton,' a sanctuary' for wild 'ducks, in order to keep down -pea-rifle, shooting. Sovaral private; owners ' had also S. offered lagoons .on-their ..properties as-sanctuaries, and ho intended to have all such gazetted as sanctuaries. / Nat-ivm game, it was dear, would soon be a thing of tho past, if provision for' the protection. of ..birdSj.'especially ' when .'■ rearing young,. was : riot rigidly' observed; _ Hβ had 'authorised the .Hon.. T. to. put men to "capture 'grey and;paradise.: ducks in the Mackenzie County 'for .-distribution among, the various' public domains'. ! The' Government would., 'gladly accept offers of,'sanctuaries;on private.property; .as .it...was felt, that the .only way to preserve . the rapidly-diminishing '■ wild •-. ducks was by setting : aside ..as many places ■ as' possible .where..they might.:nest: and • rear their young in seclusion.■■■'-• -,■ , : ; .
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 433, 16 February 1909, Page 7
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177THE SHOOTING SEASON. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 433, 16 February 1909, Page 7
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