Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 90, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 July 1909 — Warning to Trappers and Wild Bird Owners. [ARTICLE]

Warning to Trappers and Wild Bird Owners.

A Tetter from the Indiana Deputy Game Warden has just been made public by the Indiana Humane Society. The letter follows: To the Indiana Humane Association and Indiana Audobon Society:* The act of the Legislature of 1905, Section 602, page 729, makes it un-' lawful for any person to kill, trap or possess any wild birds, or to make purchase, or offer the same for sale, or to offer to destroy the nests or eggs of any wild bird, and a fine of not less than $lO nor more than SSO is provided for violations of any part of this law. Deputies of this department are instructed to arrest and prosecute any person found kiling wild birds, or trapping them or offering them for sale, and especial instructions are given them about persons having young red birds, or young mocking birds in their possession. Persons having such birds in captivity can save money and the humiliation of being arraigned in court by immediately turning them loose. We have deputies all over the state, but of course they can not discover all such violations, and we will be very grateful to members of the Indiana Humane Society and Indiana Audobon Society, as well as to any other person who will call our attention to this class of violations, and upon receipt of such Information, immediate action will be taken. Please report violations to E. E. EARLE, Deputy Game Warden, Indianapolis.