Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-05-18
MEETING WILL URGE
PROTECTION OF BIRDS

- vi inc AIONlueHl DulIuluS, there
will be a meeting of a committee
which will be composed Of members
of the Texas Game Protective asso-
citation, the Audubon society and
representatives of any other organ
iZations in the state the object of
which is to afford protection to the
wild birds and the game Of the Lone
Star State. This meeting will form
ulate a platform to be discussed at
the convention OF, bird and game pro-
tectors which will meet the next
night, Tuesday, May 21. At the
meeting Tuesday night John C. Ray,
president of the Waco Hunters AS
ISOLATION, will preside and the OBJ
ject of the meeting will be stated by
w. Goodrich Jones of Temple, Cap
tain M. d. Davis of Waco and some
others.
All citizens interested in the sup
preston of the ruthless slaughter of
wild life in this state are asked to
attend these meetings, or write let
tiers expressing their views, address
ing these letters to w. Goodrich
Jones, Temple, or to Captain NJ. B.
Davis, representative in Texas of the
National Association of Audubon
Societies, Waco, Texas. The views
expressed in these letters will be read
at the meeting and will come under
discussion.
The meeting here, beginning on
the goth and closing on the 23rd,
will probably bring about a reform
which will result in such legislation
as is absolutely necessary to prevent
the total humiliation of the wild
birds and animals which is now in
progress.
Thousands of letter which have
been received favor making such a
change in the license fee required of
those who go hunting that every mar
who goes out to shoot game of any
description shall be required to OBJ
tain a license, whether he is shoot
ing in his home county or any other
county, and that he shall have that
license on his person when he is in
the field hunting to exhibit to any
game warden who shall accost him
and make the demand to see his
license.
The amount of the fee to be re-
quired of resident gunners will be
agreed upon at the convention.
At least 70 per cent Of the let
tiers received so far favor reducing
the bag limit along the entire line
and shortening the open season to
the end that there shall be less OPP
p%ortunity, even on the part of the
licensed gunners, to kill the great
number of birds which can be law
fully killed under the present large
bag limit and during the lengthy
open season in which cunning is per-
mitted under the law as it now
stands.
1t is very important that the citi-
1aoc &c Tovoe h0+h mor and uyapoon
shall attend this convention at Waco
and shall take part in its delibera-
tions, because the birds and the
game are vanishing rapidly and I'M
less stringent methods are adopted
and strong laws enforced by the
next legislature before another legis-
lature aball assemble there will be
practically nothing to protect. This
fact is obvious to any one who has
observed the trend of things as they
are now going.
There are more than 100000 peo-
pie of all races and nations cunning
in this state every month in the
year, and the law against trapping
birds and robbing birds nests is be-
ing violated in every county in the
state.
The object of the coming conven-
ton is to coordinate the various
clubs, societies and classes to the
end that we shall all agree on var
ious bills and amendments so that
we will have good laws and after
wards have sufficient revenue to en-
force those laws.
No law is automatic. Its pro-
visions must be enforced by officers.
and as to bird and game protection
these must be special officers man
aged by the chief game warden at
the state capital and provided with
means to travel. investigate, make
arrests and prosecute.
The situation confronting the peo-
pie of Texas is grave and serious,
and those who are promoting this
move desire that earnest men and
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