The Game of Conservation: International Treaties to Protect the World's Migratory Animals

Appendix A. Texts of African Treaties

Appendix A Texts฀of฀African฀Treaties Convention฀for฀the฀Preservation฀of฀Wild฀ Animals,฀Birds,฀and฀Fish฀in฀Africa.฀฀ Signed฀at฀London,฀May฀19,฀1900฀฀ (The฀“1900฀London฀Convention”) Being฀desirous฀of฀saving฀from฀indiscriminate฀slaughter,฀and฀of฀insuring฀the฀ preservation฀throughout฀their฀possessions฀in฀Africa฀of฀the฀various฀forms฀of฀ animal฀life฀existing฀in฀a฀wild฀state฀which฀are฀either฀useful฀to฀man฀or฀are฀harmless,฀ [the฀parties฀hereto]฀have฀resolved,฀on฀the฀invitation฀addressed฀to฀them฀by฀ the฀Government฀of฀Her฀Majesty฀the฀Queen฀of฀the฀United฀Kingdom฀of฀Great฀ Britain฀and฀Ireland,฀Empress฀of฀India,฀in฀accord฀with฀the฀Government฀of฀His฀ Majesty฀the฀German฀Emperor,฀King฀of฀Prussia,฀to฀assemble฀with฀this฀object฀a฀ Conference฀at฀London฀.฀.฀.฀[which฀has]฀adopted฀the฀following฀provisions: Article I The฀zone฀within฀which฀the฀provisions฀of฀the฀present฀Convention฀shall฀apply ฀is฀bounded฀as฀follows:฀On฀the฀north฀by฀the฀20th฀parallel฀of฀north฀latitude ,฀on฀the฀west฀by฀the฀Atlantic฀Ocean,฀on฀the฀east฀by฀the฀Red฀Sea฀and฀by฀ Texts฀of฀African฀Treaties฀|฀฀155 the฀Indian฀Ocean,฀on฀the฀south฀by฀a฀line฀following฀the฀northern฀boundary฀ of฀the฀German฀possessions฀in฀South-Western฀Africa,฀from฀its฀western฀extremity ฀to฀its฀junction฀with฀the฀River฀Zambesi,฀and฀thence฀running฀along฀ the฀right฀bank฀of฀that฀river฀as฀far฀as฀the฀Indian฀Ocean. Article II The฀High฀Contracting฀Powers฀declare฀that฀the฀most฀effective฀means฀of฀preserving ฀the฀various฀forms฀of฀animal฀life฀existing฀in฀a฀wild฀state฀within฀the฀ zone฀defined฀in฀Article฀I฀are฀the฀following: 1.฀฀ Prohibition฀of฀the฀hunting฀and฀destruction฀of฀the฀animals฀mentioned฀ in฀Schedule฀I฀attached฀to฀the฀present฀Convention,฀and฀also฀of฀any฀ other฀animals฀whose฀protection,฀whether฀owing฀to฀their฀usefulness฀ or฀to฀their฀rarity฀and฀threatened฀extermination,฀may฀be฀considered฀ necessary฀by฀each฀Local฀Government. 2.฀฀ Prohibition฀of฀the฀hunting฀and฀destruction฀of฀young฀animals฀of฀the฀ species฀mentioned฀in฀Schedule฀II฀attached฀to฀the฀present฀Convention. 3.฀ Prohibition฀of฀the฀hunting฀and฀destruction฀of฀females฀of฀the฀species ฀mentioned฀in฀Schedule฀III฀attached฀to฀the฀present฀Convention฀ when฀accompanied฀by฀their฀young.฀The฀prohibition,฀to฀a฀certain฀ extent,฀of฀the฀destruction฀of฀any฀females,฀when฀they฀can฀be฀recognized ฀as฀such,฀with฀the฀exception฀of฀those฀of฀the฀species฀mentioned฀ in฀Schedule฀V฀attached฀to฀the฀present฀Convention. 4.฀ Prohibition฀of฀the฀hunting฀and฀destruction,฀except฀in฀limited฀numbers ,฀of฀animals฀of฀the฀species฀mentioned฀in฀Schedule฀IV฀attached฀to฀ the฀present฀Convention. 5.฀ Establishment,฀as฀far฀as฀it฀is฀possible,฀of฀reserves฀within฀which฀it฀ shall฀be฀unlawful฀to฀hunt,฀capture,฀or฀kill฀any฀bird฀or฀other฀wild฀animal ฀except฀those฀which฀shall฀be฀specially฀exempted฀from฀protection฀ by฀the฀local฀authorities.฀By฀the฀term฀“reserves”฀are฀to฀be฀understood฀ sufficiently฀large฀tracts฀of฀land฀which฀have฀all฀the฀qualifications฀necessary ฀as฀regards฀food,฀water,฀and,฀if฀possible,฀salt,฀for฀preserving฀ birds฀or฀other฀wild฀animals,฀and฀for฀affording฀them฀the฀necessary฀ quiet฀during฀the฀breeding฀time. 6.฀ Establishment฀of฀close฀seasons฀with฀a฀view฀to฀facilitate฀the฀rearing฀ of฀young. 156฀฀|฀The฀Game฀of฀Conservation 7.฀ Prohibition฀of฀the฀hunting฀of฀wild฀animals฀by฀any฀persons฀except฀ holders฀of฀licences฀issued฀by฀the฀Local฀Government,฀such฀licences฀to฀ be฀revocable฀in฀case฀of฀any฀breach฀of฀the฀provisions฀of฀the฀present฀ Convention. 8.฀ Restriction฀of฀the฀use฀of฀nets฀and฀pitfalls฀for฀taking฀animals. 9.฀ Prohibition฀of฀the฀use฀of฀dynamite฀or฀other฀explosives,฀and฀of฀poison ,฀for฀the฀purpose฀of฀taking฀fish in฀rivers,฀streams,฀brooks,฀lakes,฀ ponds,฀or฀lagoons. 10.฀ Imposition฀of฀export฀duties฀on฀the฀hides฀and฀skins฀of฀giraffes,฀antelopes ,฀zebras,฀rhinoceroses,฀and฀hippopotami,฀on฀rhinoceros฀and฀ antelope฀horns,฀and฀on฀hippopotamus฀tusks. 11.฀ Prohibition฀of฀hunting฀or฀killing฀young฀elephants,฀and,฀in฀order฀to฀ insure฀the฀efficacy฀of฀this฀measure,฀establishment฀of฀severe฀penalties ฀against฀the฀hunters,฀and฀the฀confiscation฀in฀every฀case,฀by฀the฀ Local฀Governments,฀of฀all฀elephant฀tusks฀weighing฀less฀than฀5฀kilogrammes .฀The฀confiscation฀shall฀not฀be฀enforced฀when฀it฀shall฀be฀ duly฀proved฀that฀the฀possession฀of฀the฀tusks฀weighing฀less฀than฀5฀ kilogrammes฀was฀anterior฀to฀the฀date฀of฀the฀coming฀into฀force฀of฀ the฀present฀Convention.฀No฀such฀proof฀shall฀be฀accepted฀a฀year฀after฀ that฀date. 12.฀ Application฀of฀measures,฀such฀as฀the฀supervision฀of฀sick฀cattle,฀&c.,฀ for฀preventing฀the฀transmission฀of฀contagious฀diseases฀from฀domestic ฀animals฀to฀wild฀animals. 13.฀ Application...