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title: Please, Mister, don't be careless. Prevent forest fires. Greater danger than ever!
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/please-mister-dont-be-careless-forest-fires-1943/
description: Colour poster of a cartoon deer with a rabbit and a skunk in tall grass, the animals looking worried, under the words 'Please, Mister.
section: Collection
---

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# Please, Mister, don't be careless. Prevent forest fires. Greater danger than ever!

Colour poster of a cartoon deer with a rabbit and a skunk in tall grass, the animals looking worried, under the words 'Please, Mister, don't be careless' and 'Prevent forest fires - Greater danger than ever!'. The technique is transfer: well-known film animal characters lend their appeal to a fire-safety message, with a mild fear-appeal in the closing line.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/) [Fear appeal](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/fear-appeal/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
Please, Mister,
DON'T BE CARELESS
[printed beside the animals: (c) WALT DISNEY PROD]
PREVENT FOREST FIRES
Greater danger than ever!
U. S. Dept. Agriculture
Forest Service
State Forest Service
[imprint: U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1943--O-560734]
```

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