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THE Wild Fowl Enquiry Sub-committee of the British Section of the International Committee for Bird Protection was received on April 6 by Sir Samuel Hoare, the Home Secretary, to discuss the question of the further protection of wild fowl. The deputation, which was introduced by Mr. Perch B. secretary, Miss P. Barclay-Smith, and representatives of bodies interested in the preservation of wild life and of museums. The immediate object which this sub-committee has in view is to promote legislation aimed at the prevention of the importation of wild duck and wild geese into Great Britain during the close season. There is also the further question of preventing the exposure for sale of wild duck during the same period and also of extending the close season to such limits as would be in the interests of the wild duck, sportsmen, and everyone concerned. At the present moment, large consignments of wild duck are shipped from Holland to British markets during our close time, having been caught in the many decoys which that country possesses. In view of the threatened diminution of the status of wild duck brought about by the many adverse factors affecting their welfare at the present time, the commercialization in Europe of any bird habitually shot for either sport or food, or both, cannot rationally be allowed to continue during both the open and close season. It will be remembered that the present sub-committee was successful last year in getting legislation set up to prevent the importation of quail into Great Britain during the close time.
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Protection of Wild Fowl. Nature 141, 744 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/141744a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/141744a0