SANCTUARIES.
Sanctuaries, as they are called in England, or in America ■and Canada bird-refuges, are the foundation of bird protection, game or otherwise. Insufficient attention is paid in New Zealand to the establishment of game-bird sanctuaries, which should be inviolate.
Finding national laws insufficient to protect migratory, birds, including ducks and the like, treaties have been signed between Great Britain, America, and Canada, with a view of international co-operation in protecting migratory birds. An Act is now before the American Congress, supported by many bird-protection societies and game commissions, to provide adequate funds for purchasing a chain of sanctuaries, including lakes, swamps, etc., along the routes of certain birds. The modern gun is so deadly that it is found even game birds, with all their cunning, become exterminated unless efficient sanctuaries are provided.
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Forest and Bird, Issue 11, 1 October 1926, Page 16
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133SANCTUARIES. Forest and Bird, Issue 11, 1 October 1926, Page 16
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