Lord grey's bill for the protection of wild birds
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ABSTRACT WE have now for many years had legislation in Great Britain for the protection of wild birds, in addition to the much older laws relating only to game. The desirability for such
protection has received increasing recognition on humanitarian and aesthetic grounds, and it is also to be hoped that there is a growing realisation of the importance of the subject from an
economic point of view. The different Acts which have successively been placed on the Statute Book have had varying merit as judged by the wisdom of their intentions, but where they have all
so lamentably failed is in their ineffectiveness. This grave fault has been remedied in the wise measure which Viscount Grey of Fallodon has introduced into the House of Lords, and,
although his Bill has many other good points, it is probably on that ground that we should chiefly welcome it. The Bill was read a third time on July 30, and a copy of it, as amended in
committee, is before us. It is greatly to be hoped that the House of Commons will similarly pass the measure next session. The Bill aims at the repeal of all existing enactments on the
subject, and at making complete provision on the new lines recommended in 1919 by the Departmental Committee on the Protection of Wild Birds. All birds to which the Bill applies-that is to
say, all wild birds other than grouse, ptarmigan, partridges, pheasants, and black game-are divided into three categories, each of which is to receive its appropriate degree of protection,
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customer support RIGHTS AND PERMISSIONS Reprints and permissions ABOUT THIS ARTICLE CITE THIS ARTICLE Lord Grey's Bill for the Protection of Wild Birds. _Nature_ 112, 269–270 (1923).
https://doi.org/10.1038/112269a0 Download citation * Issue Date: 25 August 1923 * DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/112269a0 SHARE THIS ARTICLE Anyone you share the following link with will be
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