Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 264, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 November 1919 — Canada’s Bird Refuge. [ARTICLE]

Canada’s Bird Refuge.

It is something for one bird to tell another that Canada has created a series of reserves in the province of Quebec where birds are safe from manmade troubles. Unlike most bird refuges, Perce Rock, a picturesque island near Perce village; the east and north cliffs of Bonaventure island, three miles further away;, and the northernmost of the Magdalen Islands, 124 miles out to sea, have been set apart specifically to protect birds whose value to mankind Is chiefly their beauty ns n part of nature. , . There Is no attempt to argue, for example,' thaT the gannet, the kfttlwake, or the razorbill auk should be protected because they “help the farmer”; they are protected simply because they are birds. No human being may steal an egg from their nests; no weapon dangerous to their welfare may be brought within a mile of their Island sanctuaries. Naturally all other birds are equally safe, and the refuges will be a help toward carrying out the purpose of the International treaty for bird protection.