Animals: Write Jack Miner

A puzzled man was Boyd Mayhew of Washington, D. C. when he shot a wild goose on the Patuxent River and found upon its leg an aluminum band with the legend: "Have faith in God! Write Jack Miner, Kingsville, Ont." (TIME, Dec. 29).

Investigation revealed last week that any similarly puzzled gunner who writes to Jack Miner receives in reply a long printed letter addressed to "My Dear Sir and Brother Sportsman." The letter explains why Jack Miner spends his time banding birds, requests the hunter to return the band and give a...

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