Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-03-02
DOG Men WANT FUR
animal BILL KILLED

Stanley Blake. the well known
fox hound and dog breeder OF
Harrison county, IS sending out
appeals to preserve the present
law on protection of fur bearing
3animals. Fox hunters. and others
There will be interestedsin what he
3isays and the. strong. arguments he
1lnake5. Iles Is writing as follows
I Representative Carr, OF Whitley
county, has introduced a bill into the
House OF Representatives (Horse Bill
INC. 23T entitled can Act to Regu-
late and Protect Fur-bearing AMI
mans, except between first day of No
vcnber and first day of succeeding
March. The ECKER in the bill by pro-
longing the season really intends to
Kill the splendid law protecting fur
bearing animals as it now exists.
give you below twelve reasons
Why this bill should not pass. You
viii please write your Representative
ard State Senator, urging them to
vote against this bill. The bill has
already been recommended by the
/ committee in the House and will be
up for passage perhaps by the time
yea get this. It may be too late
foT You u get your Representative
word, but il las, not yet been intro
dtced in the Senate and / especially
urge YOU 30 write your Senator and
! have all your friends do so. Tell
them that We desire no change in the
fur-baaiing animals protective law.
Reasons for not changing open
season for killing fur-bAaring animals
/. This regulation was passed and
IS fostered by 100000 citizen voters
Of Kentucky, ali cf whom signed .
petition TO this effect. (Will make
affidavit to this faet)
2. The fur-bearing animals law pro
tects only five species Of fur-bealing
animals, viz: raccoon, o'possun, fox,
mink, and skunk, Open season on rae
coon, o'possum, mink and skunk is
from .Qctober 81 tos-Febraury Is, just
tl'iitsen days, less ala permitted to
kill fo%flol5 any fursbeal'ine animals
an9siifaa eli y4aF fist be. doing dam
1eloc. s.g'e@'-ra-,..,sass'
9, Land owners do net want tho
tffffar-ba:lfia@, anif1alss i ,,ttfAnqniaated n
IamctysrdfE{eat Of tIlese ianiiifkkils' food
lA9nsiSt7 3gsnlce, }EEntites, bugs and in
Is9cta that AIR lib falapcr8ghcata and
lsaie ag1lcu2st3i eli kepaatnieitt CT the
ias.1alited Statas ,i6s{int2iEs H5saf Q FOX IS
ifsso rth $le0 ab,t=tl}e l5s4ffW skunk $50
49, .tcar ID. the3sa1ri ofs70o acres, Of
fsaorc, on wlicl@ ii feeds.
!. Who wants to lengthen the open
season On fur-beaiing animals? (a)
TIE fur trust wit It's numerous ten
, tacies is reaching oat everywhere.
Who cares not for the future il they
can encourage the game hog TO kill
all in enc season. o. The shiftless
,, professional Htrapper who owns nc
land, pays no taxes, seldom votes and
never works. He rooms over Othel
3 peoples land, eizes ort On exist nee
By Itching ging5eng, ETC, by agimmei
and traps all winter, carries a &acl
I'll tn tirac with some ones else stuff
in it. Ic catches stock, poultry, dog
and even children i, his traps, deaC
fails, cite. placed II the open, con
ccaIed in paths, etc. lie usually Wis
It's his string Of traps b. night
sscaltbily sncal,ing through th(
woods. Nay his kind decrease!
5. The inhuman practice Of catch
ing any thing in The cod, ircn jaw
Of steal trap and allowing it to re
main there for days in cruel torture
rcalcates q spirit of hard-hearted-
ness in cur youth that should not be
further encouraged.
6. The present season was worked
ont after much thought, it prevents
| the idler from getting out too early in
the fall and while the farmer boy is
still busy shocking corn, etc, catch
ing all the fur which it not fully ma
tured and Of only half value. Prior
to this protective law it was estinat-
ed that 100000 was lost annually
by taking the fur befor it was ripe
in this State.
Fur-bearing animals in the south
ern states, including Kentucky, start
breeding late in December or early
in January and should be protected
so they VIII be if the trapper, game
hog and fur trust if they would only
stop and think. A female killed al
ter January probably destroys her
Iwhelp and several embryos as well.
! 8. The barefoot country bow has 40