Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1922-12-22
NO HUNTING IN
NORTH MEXICO
NOW PERMITTED
Game and Fish Warden Of
Northern Tamaulipas In
structed to Arrest Anyone
Hunting Wild Game

The no-hunting lid is clamped down
tight throughout northern Tamaul!pas.
and hunting OF game of every descrip-
tion Is strictly forbidden. according 10
statement made this morning by
Lauro Villareal Garza, fish and game
commissioner for northern Tamauii-
pas. Mr.. Garza's district extends from
Sofa La Marina on the Gulf coast east
of Matamoros TO Nuevo Laredo. and ex-
tends into the interior far south
rs Victoria.
Mr.. Garza recently received orders
from the Secretary Of Agriculture at
Mexico City to prohibit all hunting
within his district. and has not been
informed Is 10 whether this prohibit
tion extends TO all districts in the
southern republic. Notices have been
printed in the Mexican papers of the
new decree. and heavy fines are as
sessed against those. caught violating
the law. A few special permits have
been issued from Meaico City for
hunting within this district. and sew.
eral American army Officers were re-
cently granted such permits. but Amer
leans contemplating Il hunting expedi-
tion into Mexico are warned TO either
secure permits from Mexico City o.
postpo,e their trips until the hunting
ban has been lifted.
I'VE do not wish 10 have trouble with
anyone" the game warden OF the dis
triet stated, but we must enforce tho
Law. do not know when the govern
mcnt VIII again permit hunting in the
district, and | doubt very much If
IL ever again will permit game 10 Dc
slaughtered ~ il mas been in the past,
II hunting is again permitted. IL will
be with more stringent restrictions
than ever before"
Mr.. Cara also stated that soldiers
throughout the district had been IN.
strGeted to arrest any person hunting
wild game and 10 confiscatc the arms
of such persons. They will also be given
q heavy fine.
Sanctuary for Wild Fowl.
Although hunting has been prohibi-
ted for only few weeks the wild
fowl seem TO real ze that they are safe
in the swanps and lagoons of northern
Tanauiipas. and the Laguna de- Ma;a
mofcs u short distance from that clty
Is now covered with ducks. geese swan
and other migratory water fowl
Probably some Of these birds arc
taken in snares by Mcxicans. but they
nj least are not frightened away Dur
ing the early part Of the season hun
drcds Of ducks were sho. on the lake,
and lsirunss near Ma:amoroS and sold
on the market of that city a. prices
which hardly paid for the ammunition
used.
Among the waterfowl on the lake are
hundreds OF aigrcts. birds whose beau
tifui piumes. much sought hy fashion
able milliners. almost led 10 the ex-
tinct.on Of these birds. Las, spring
decree was promulgated forbiddinr
the shooting Of aigrets in M.xico. and
thousands Of aigrets were Latchcd IN
the lagoons along the gulf and in the
lakes further inland. Several hundred
aigrets can now De seen on the Laeuna
de Ma;amoros. and owing to the fact
they are undiSturbcd they have become
quite tame. Several years ago large
revenue was derived hy Matamoros
hunters from the sale Of aprc; plumes
but Paris now offers the only markc:
since the United States and Mexico
have both prohibited the killing OF
these birds and the sale OF their
piumcs.
Mr.. Cara leaves Saturday morning
for Rcynoss. Mier and Tamaren where
number of Violations of the new Do.
cree have been reported. and viii also
visit the western end Of his district a.
Nucvo Laredo before returning IL Mat.
amorOs.