New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-06
POACHING N LONDON PARKS.
HOW RABBITS. DEER AND RARE BIRDS ARE
MADE AWAY WITH.
From The London Mail.

From The London Mall
Few people have any idea OF the extent to t., who cd
around London are depleted OF their furred ana
The thieves work in couples. watching while
the other works; and expert have they become
through long practice. and so naturally WHY are
they that even the best and most experienced
keepers find themselves 9utwitted ,hh, an, hare
Richmond Park is a faVorlte raDDlt ana mar
poaching demesne. the quantity OF ground game
there being very considerable Last autumn man ad
was taken in the act. and his nets confiscateu'
Although he received n sharp sentence OF imprison-
footsteps as is proved by the fact that ony we1a
ago a carefully organized night raid was maze
Even the deer in Bushey Park are not safe. any
more than those In Epping Forest; Inc deer-
pnned hy dCs his lawn az dawn he ties it to
a tree and then gives II two or three prods In the
hank with sharp baded @ t or somSS
starts beating and equally OK course; ' Ssncts
being stronger than her fear OF man. Is easily iaio
At one time this da 5olcal trick was proving SO
successful that there was danger OF EppIng FOREST
I, ia now so s,rlct and persistent that the scoun
drels have few chances OF making a re@iy soou
TIE park poacher does not however. conhne his
attention solely to edible game lie knows wen tt9
wait and watch night after night Tor an opportunity
o, gnSHP4Ss sn 1se situated Ga in the midst densey
nonuloted and poor neghborhood, has been hetVy
was deemed ADMIRABLE some time back to build
a special ayiary for the protection at hisht OF ''e
more valuable bros. --,.-,.. -,,,O.,, =.
The precaution. however had precisely opposite
e~ect 10 that which intended. Tor the poachers
Hroke into the aviary one dark night ana MADE a
clean sweep OF lts entire feathered population me
Waterloo Park Aviary. too, was me scene Oh
similar wholesale robbery at about the same tlhe.
CuriousIy enough. Hyde Park. although kept open
,il midnight has OF late years AT all events SUI
fered but lttle from the depredations OF PoacHers
A number OF waterfowl were. however stolen Itorl
Regents Park not long ago AT Battersfa re <
arc preserved "A pair Of black swans. ana thes''
bsnT very valuable have on several occasions az
trartad the attention OF the poachers.
The birds Themselves have up IN now proved 700
wary for their would-be captors but no longer ago
than last summer an entire sitting OF their eggs.
rorured M con siderable trouble and expense, WAS
stolen The thieves. In tns case. landed on me
isand from boat in broad daylight. rihed the nest
unobserved and got clear away with their booty.
Howeyer MIR Coppin. the park superintendent.
olibowgh naturally annoyed. proved equal 20 the
mn, them under the bereaved mother bird ana then
that although the first sitting OF eggs had been
~ co,irse equally valuable. The poachers yell
into the trap, were captuIeu Fcu h"''ueu anu '''
fenced to imprisonment, .., ., aoo- Z, Lon,
ord these have several times been visited by night
nnnchers The marauders have. however. on each
occasion been driven of by the keepers Al rms
49, parry again not long ago. raid was made
az Inc water fowl which frequent the island IN the
,,de ~ the lake but the authorities are reticent
as 10 the result.