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Show pi OPPOSITION WiM OUTSET 'fanational Committee Ot Tf0"fcniTinr for Protection of R Wild Annuals, " IeE' Stfcwrfcuul. An(ii-i An(ii-i jKationai committee for th protection I 'Krlld animals Is orgunLsIn its fbrcc-s I .'Bts headquarters In Basel for u world-- "'Mc campaign. Ttie committer was ap-Jf ap-Jf -ftted by the International Conirres3 for Protection of Wild Animals, which VttK here recently cn the initiative, of the lBsa government. Seventeen countries, Me represented. including the Unltcl i '- Khccomudttee will ur?ro the passage of X iWS stopping tho wholesa.1? deBtmctlon ff whales and seals, which threatens ; 'exterminate those cpecles Ln a few Wttfi. Attention will be turned to the )f animals. blrdB of paradise, egrets and ZT"r came, such as elephants. There now ln Africa only 400,000 elephants SLjJBl these are belnp killed at the rate of rKoO a year Tho committee will not 2w devote itself to animals, but will MkBenipt to put an end to the elow ex-vKfciination ex-vKfciination of the primitive peoples of taEftralasIa and Eonth America. IHHt Is proposed to form vast zones, both Kland and sea. which will be closely Bttched and patroled by the various rernments: but as the cost of dolus Hill b efficiently would bo hlj;h, the vari-i vari-i nature protection leasnes will be tea to contribute to the expenses, , "he sea control would be difficult, but countries on which this would prln- ; L" 3 ally fall are the United States, Cupid Cup-id and Russia. These countries hav? ' eadv taken certain measures toward J en i protection of animal life. "ho movement faces the strenuous op-0 op-0 ijtion of Rtronjr business Interests, for S in i capital cnsiKcd in the whallnc. fur 7 ther and Ivory trades may be counted 111 :Jiundreds of millions. The feather mil lustrv alone declares that If tho birds : '.paradise were preserved 50,000 worlr- t would be thron out. the United States Government was I " nmended as the mort active and effl- I MH nt Iti protection of game. |