Suggestion in Commons for Further Safeguards London, Nov. 27, Tu the House of Commons to-day -Sir George Penny (Conservative) declared that the fauna of the Malay States was rapidly becoming scarcer! owing to unrestricted shooting. suggested that the Colorial Office should take steps to see that reitrietive measures were imposed to Preserve and safeguard big-game in Malaya.
'The Under-Secretary of State fo the Colonies, Mr, W. Lunn, replying, pointed out' that measures for protection of wild fauna in Malaya already existed. Apart from game reserves, there were forest reserves which constituted a sanctuary for wild animals since indiscriminate shooting was not allowed there.
Sir George Penny declared that the existing machinery was quite inadequate and that there was a great fear that big game in Malaya "would disappear soon, Mr. W. G. A. Ormsby-Gore, who was Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies in the late Conservative Government, suggested that the reserves were not at fault, but that the machinery for effectively seeing that.the law was carried out-had broken down and that powers ought to be given to the game-wardens to enforce the law.
Mr, Lunn replied that if the measures already taken were unsatisfactory, he would enquire into the
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