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Show THE FIRST GAME LAW Two hundred years agf the Indians In-dians In Kentucky sot ns'.ie game refuges for bears and created what may have been the first game law In America, says Vernon Bailey, retired re-tired naturalist of the Biological survey. sur-vey. Bear fat bear meat, and bear skins were the most prized returns of the hunt Large areas were set aside as "beloved bear grounds" where only a limited number of anl mals could be killed each year, s-that s-that a permanent supply of thesx animals would be maintained. Mr. Bailey believes It might be well today to-day to follow the example of the Kentucky Indians, and establish "beloved "be-loved bear grounds." |