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ALL lovers of animals must sympathise with any efforts to prevent the ruthless destruction of bird-life for trade purposes, referred to by Mr. H. J. Massingham in his letter in NATURE of December 25. It is open to grave doubt, however, whether the measures announced are the best that can be devised or will meet with a sympathetic following. They are the formation of a “Plumage Bill group,” designed to fight the plumage trade and to bring pressure upon the Government to introduce a Bill forbidding the importation of all birds' skins for millinery purposes, with a few exceptions.
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DUERDEN, J. Promotion of a Plumage Bill. Nature 104, 499–500 (1920). https://doi.org/10.1038/104499c0
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