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There are no bag limits on game for the king, but Faisal<br />
has a well-developed awareness of the importance of conser-<br />
vation. Inheriting the throne from his father, King Ghazi I,<br />
who was killed in a motor accident in 1939, Faisal became<br />
ruler through a regent at the age of four. As he grew up, he<br />
saw the damage which centuries of unplanned de-forestation<br />
had done to his kingdom, transforming much of the once-<br />
green and fertile garden of Eden into sandy wastes. Still, in<br />
the hills of the north, and in the swamps and delta land at<br />
the river's mouth on the Persian Gulf, there is an abund-<br />
ance of game. But the people do not recognize how import-<br />
Royal sportsman gives his 300 Weatherby magnum a work-out on Tel-al-Milih gun<br />
club range outside capital city of Baghdad. Scope is 234X Weatherby Imperial.<br />
ant these animals are for the good of. the country and, so<br />
far, conservation is only a word. This was the main cause<br />
of Faisal's organization of the Royal Shooting Club.<br />
Aside from the normal 'responsibilities of the Club<br />
members, there isa standing committee to study the prob-<br />
lem of conservation and to promote enforcement of the<br />
already adequate laws. Present thinking is along the lines<br />
of putting more "teeth" into the laws and administering<br />
stricter punishment to lawbreakers. The two great prob-<br />
lems are market hunters who ship out their kill, and the<br />
out-of-season shooter who pots away at anything, anytime.
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