. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. Fig. 59. Cage trap with "door" of individual wires at right; set at mouth of burrow to catch muskrats driven out by probing in the bank; used in Shrop- shire, England. in July, 1927. Early in 1930, M. A. C. Hinton and E. C. Read had 76 records (including some unconfirmed reports) of places where iftusk- rats were or had been kept. At first, according to Mr. Read, certain government officials considered that muskrat farming c
. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. Fig. 59. Cage trap with "door" of individual wires at right; set at mouth of burrow to catch muskrats driven out by probing in the bank; used in Shrop- shire, England. in July, 1927. Early in 1930, M. A. C. Hinton and E. C. Read had 76 records (including some unconfirmed reports) of places where iftusk- rats were or had been kept. At first, according to Mr. Read, certain government officials considered that muskrat farming constituted a new and useful in- dustry meriting en- •ouragement. Soon, however, this view- point was reversed, due to the escape and rapid spread of the rodents, coupled with adverse opin- ions by Messrs. Hin- ton and Read and other mammalogists conversant with the j)otentialities of the muskrat for harm, as hitherto demon- strated in Germanv. On ]\larcli 17, 1932, the Destructive Im- ported Animals Act passed by Par- liament. This placed the importation and keeping of muskrats under control of the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries in England and the Secretary of State for Scotland. A Statutory Rule and Order (No. 153) promulgated by these officials, eflpeetive ]\Iay 1, 1932, in England, Wales and Scotland, pro- vided for licensing of muskrat owners and conferred on officials the right to destroy muskrats found at large. Pen- alties were provided for noncompliance, and owners as of June 24, 1931, who were refused li- censes, were given permission to apply for compensation for loss of invest- ment. Only 14 li- censes were issued. In March, 1933, an order effective April 1, 1933, proliibited absolutely the importation or keeping of live musk- rats in Great Britain. Similar laws were passed for the Isle of Man and by the Irish Free State (E. C. Read, May, 1934; Warwick, 1934, p. 251).. F,g. 60. Floating trap set at margin of quiet stream; the floats are metal tubes sea
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