The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-07-16
Florida Man Heads international
Committee To Spread Propaganda
On Protection of Wild Bird Life
Will EndeavOr to Get Adequate
Protective Legislation In
augurated.

Florida being state where hundreds
in the many forests and along the shores
and harmless, the people Of Florida then
should be interested to some extent in
learning of a worldwide program for the
protection of wild birds And it will
doubtless be of further interest to them
to know that Florida man, a man who
grew up from childhood down in Alachua.
county, heads an international commit
| tee that has been named to start the
program.
That man is T. Gilbert Pearson, presi-
dent of the National Association of Au-
dubon Societies, New York He was
reared in Florida and has spent practical
ly his entire lifetime in studying wild
bird life and in furthering plans for
it's protection. The following bearing a
New York date line explains the first
steps of the Worldwide program and
gives some of Mr.. Pearson's views on.
the subject.
Meet In London.
Under the leadership of America, the
world is waking UP to the necessity of
protecting it's wild birds. Representa-
tives of organizations in various coun-
tries met in London on June 20 and form
ed an international committee for carry
ing forward propaganda throughout the
world on the subject of the protection
of wild birds.
"T. Gilbert Pearson, president of the
national association of Audubon Societies
New York. heads this committee, the
membership of which includes viscount
Grey Of Falladon. England; Mijnheir P
G. van Tienhoven of Holland; Monsieur
Delacour of France, and other equally |
well known birds lovers. !
Into italy.
"The committee VIII at once take up |
the subject Of extending the organization
through southern France and Italy where |
enormous numbers of songbirds are an
nually killed for food and where no ade-
quate restrictive legislation now exists.
Oils Kills Birds.
"fBills pending in parliament and in the |
United States congress to prohibit the |
pouring of crude oil in territorial waters
will be gwen support, and similar meas
ures viii be sought in other countries
with a view of ultimately getting interna-
tional action to stop this nuisance, which
is responsible for the killing of millions
of birds annually whose feathers become |
soaked n this oil that is poured on their
feeding grounds.
No Game Wardens.
sNfr. Pearson, who has just returned
from studying bird protection matters in
France, Holland mad England reports
that the general subject of bird protec-
ton in those countries is not handled
in the highly efficient manner that OBJ
tains in so many of our states. For eX-
ample" he said. there are no game
wardens employed by provincial or ma
.ional governments in any Of these coun-
tries, practically the only protection wild
birds have ever been afforded is on hunt
ing estate and here the attention of the
privately employed game keepers is devot-
I'd almost entirely to game birds that are
.aised for shooting purposes
storks Almost Gone.
''Mr. Pearson speaks of his disappoint-
nent in finding storks so scarce in Hol-
and Rount platforms on poles are erect
d all over the country he said, for the
of these birds, but the last
.wo years storks have almost entirely
and throughout northern ,
Holland I found only one pair nesting. 1t
8 reported that the birds have been kill
ID by eating grasshoppers poisoned by
armers in the Transvaal, Africa.