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A STRAIGHT problem faces the rulers of every part of the British Empire: Is the wild fauna to be left to take its chance at the hands of a native population which has been accustomed to kill without restraint, and in face of the steady encroachments of agriculture, commerce and sport, or is it to be shielded for its own sake and for the sake of posterity? And everywhere the answer is that it must be shielded. Thus a second and more difficult problem is born: To what extent and intensity must protection be carried? For it need scarcely be said (in spite of protection's ultra-enthusiasts) that where a clash arises between wild fauna and human survival or progress, mankind and not its unwitting opponents must have the backing of the State.
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R., J. Preservation of Game Animals of the British Empire. Nature 136, 619–621 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/136619a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/136619a0