Supplement to Animal Sanctuaries in Labrador Supplement to an Address Presented by Lt.-Colonel William Wood, F.R.S.C. Before the Second Annual Meeting of the Commission of Conservation in January, 1911

In this compelling supplement to an earlier address on Labrador’s animal sanctuaries, the author gathers a chorus of voices—from naturalists and sportsmen to scientific journals and public officials—who all agree that the region’s wildlife is being treated like a reckless spendthrift’s fortune. The opening pages reveal a flood of letters and reviews that praised the original call for protection, and they set the stage for a deeper exploration of how law, land use and community involvement can be woven together.

The work then moves from praise to practical suggestion, outlining a comprehensive, science‑based legal framework that would treat wildlife as a shared capital rather than a commodity. It proposes a lease‑hold system alongside dedicated sanctuaries, and even envisions a unified governmental department to oversee fauna and flora. With urgent examples such as the looming threat to musk‑ox, polar bears and walrus, the author stresses that decisive, coordinated action is needed before exploitation spreads beyond the Atlantic coast.