Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-09-04
PROTECTED BY FEDERAL LAWS.
Important for Hunters and Shippers to
Understand ProvisionsC once rnipg Game.


Important for Hunters and shippers to
Understand ProyisionsC Concerning Game.
Tho Secretary of Agriculture, in
order to secure general observance of |
the act Of 1900, prohibiting the trans
portation by interstate commerce OF |
game killed in violation of local laws,
has issued circular inviting the at |
tention of persons who engage in hunt |
ing game and birds at this season of the |
year to the provisions of the Federal
law, and also to the laws of the several
States, in regard to this matter. The
act of Congress is aimed to preserve
animals and birds that are valuable as
food, for sport or as destroyers Of pests.
The restrictive laws arc sustained by
public sentiment, but have been FREE
quently violated through ignorance.
Sportsmen, market men, game deal
ers, railroad and express agents, and
other persons who in any manner
handle game are admonished to ac-
quaint themselves with the provisions
of the act of Congress and of the State
laws on this subject. The act of Con-
gress makes it unlawful for any person
to deliver to any common carrier, for
transportation from one State to
another, or for any common carrier or
consignee to knowingly receive any
wild animal or birds killed in violation
of local laws This prohibition applies
not only to game killed out of season,
but to that captured in an illegal man
ner, by traps, nets, &C., for sale or ship
ment. Every package containing game
or birds must be marked when shipped,
showing the contents of package and
| shippers name. For evasion of this
I Ia, ha ,a rod finn
| imposed.
! States which prohibit export of dead
game frequently allow shipment of live
birds intended solely for propagation,
in some cases under permit from State
\ authorities. Persons contemplating
shipment Of live birds should inform
themselves fully as to all local regula-
tions. No permits for the shipment of
game from one State to another are
issued by the Agricultural Department.
Some States, especially those which
issue nonresident hunting licenses,
permit sportsmen to carry limited
amount of game out of the State for
private use. In some cases this game
must be tagged, carried openly and &C
companied by the owner. To insure
safe transit of game careful attention
should be paid to such local regulations
! Inseotivorous birds are generally pro-
teoted by all the States, but some of
these are killed for game. Such birds
should not be sent out of the State in
which killed, as parties transporting
them are liable to run against the
Federal law. Statutes even more strin-
gent than those protecting game birds
recently have been enacted by many
States for the preservation of birds
which are not included in the game list.
Under these statutes birds which are
in demand for millinery purposes are
protected throughout the year, and sale
and possession, as we'll as killing, are
prohibited. 1t should be remembered
that the principal centres for millinery
. supplies are nearly all located in State.
which have such laws, and the pur
chase of native song birds, as we'll a:
of herons, pelicans, gulls, terms or sef
swallows, grebes, or other plume bird:
should be avoided. The shipment o
these birds or any part of their plum
age is prohibited by the provisions o
the Federal law. Ostrich feathers ar,
not subject to these restrictions, anl
their use should be encouraged.