Proceedings of the South & East African combined agricultural, cotton, entomological and mycological conference held at Nairobi, August, 1926

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Identifikator:: 1738588467

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-115043

Document type:: Monograph

Title:: Proceedings of the South & East African combined agricultural, cotton, entomological and mycological conference held at Nairobi, August, 1926

Place of publication:: Nairobi

Publisher:: East African Standard

Year of publication:: 1926

Scope:: VI, 337 Seiten; Ill.

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Title:: Part V. General

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260 PART NV. . The CHAIRMAN (Mr. Holm) said that it was, of course, a complex question, which had already been fully discussed inter- nationally, and this Conference might not feel that it was able to discuss the pros and coms. Mr. FULLER suggested that they should not enter into any discussion on this subject but record a note to the effect that Monsieur Van den Abeele’s suggestions have been sympathetically received by the Conference. CHAPTER V. GAME: PRESERVATION OR DESTRUCTION. (Capt. Caldwell, Acting Game Warden, Kenya, attended for the discussion on this item.) Mr. KIRBY advocated the destruction of game on the grounds, firstly, that by destroying crops it caused starvation among many native tribes; and, secondly, that it had the effect of making the natives congregate in fixed areas, with the result that cultivable land became exhausted, so that, for both causes, fatalities were many, especially among children, in seasons of dearth. The game was also instrumental in spreading tsetse fly and sleeping sickness, and caused a great increase in cattle disease; furthermore, the protection of game robbed the natives of a useful supply of food. He would like to see the natives allowed to help to reduce the numbers of game to reasonable proportions. (The above was circulated in the form of a note under T.C.(C) Ag.15.) - Mr. FULLER thought it would be very helpful if the Conference could adopt a conclusion on the matter. There were many parts of Africa where European settlers were incurring serious losses owing to trypanosomiasis. (Instances were quoted by two or three delegates of the damage done by game in Tanganyika Territory.) CAPTAIN CALDWELL (Acting Game Warden) knew that he would find himself in a minority when he spoke on behalf of the preservation of game before his present audience. He would explain however that he never had been in favour of indiscriminate and uncontrolled preservation of game and cases undoubtedly arose where in the interests of man game must be destroyed. It had been stated that game caused, In some cases, starvation among the natives; he had never heard in Uganda or in Kenya that such was the case. The policy in these two territories was to preserve game in places where it could do mo harm to anyone and to’ allow it to be freely destroyed where it was harmful, e.g., when damaging crops. Certain valuable trophies of game so killed were considered the property of Government, otherwise the killing would be done for profit and not for protection. In Kenya and Uganda cultivators were given power to kill game where it was becoming a menace, but these powers must be strictly controlled so that it would not be possible for the i

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