WILD-LIFE PROBLEMS.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 19851, 12 February 1930, Page 13

WILD-LIFE PROBLEMS.

CONTROL reply to HIS CRITICS. is » J,lc!e *„ J.uuao- 16th, January 21st, J.*?H» ° B ,' us r 2o*rd, January 34th, 2?J»»«"? 31 \\v» r eoly to Mr Thornton, Tripp, -ho ha* #&>j£ on behalf of the Ac V I. I 0 f the most common methods of i2L rworted to in public controrSTwhea one has a weal, case to 'op« t0 abuse the ° ther d ' to belittle one's opponent by *?L personai ignorance and un*h*t he is ouly the mouthpiece 'Hone eIM, generally to evade «"*.?„issue in a cloud ot words m *S? SS%be public who are the , ,J f fail to detect the subterrt*ln writing his articles on the nL* of wild-life control or rather '•">£ ko £it, «.<Maniak'j" tully anti*ad that 'the acclimatisation soSSrin their replies, would adopt ff«ll-worn methods of defence, and outcome he has not been dis"LSnted.- lo fact > he " encoura g ed JWnff written to-such purpose that Vf & Thornton, M.A., the chief exvZlt 0 l the societies, has enlivened kattarwiw dull writings by the use imth epithets as "froth of nothingfoolishness," "grave Met (Oppression of the truth," "the 2fjj|eet" "deliberately suppressed," Z. etc,' but in replying "Mamaku" I?go intention of following Mr jtojton in. ascending to such classical wfektc. He prefers instead to confjkjmaelf to the main issue, and to j,ti brief as possible.

jfipaAe, of Self •Satisfaction. u "Jfunaku's" view the whole igiT <rf Mr Thornton'a -five-columr Hgj* to bis articles and the statement gjfeby Mr L. 0. H. Tripp to the Weifaf~ Acclimatisation Society supply rjgmtotfl confirmation of the case he jj,od«avour«?d to present. Their attggfe if one of complete self-satisfac-oa, So far as wild-life control in t&.tfotry is concerned, they are jftjriy of opinion that we are living in iildt of all possible houses, that nhrtbe "wise administration" of fcfctemal Affairs Department, workfefjt eonjanction with the A.S., it is rfrrf t« expect improvement. It is tfffeil attitude, so clearly enuncifiby both of these gentlemen, and ttgtt it is fraught with such grave gojut to the economic interests of iHOBTIT, that has compelled "MaOj)g" to assume the role of critic. ftt JL&, says Mr Thornton, "definitely fid sot introduce the rabbit, stoat, lajstf weasel, deer, moose, wapiti, dottis, asd thar." (He makes no tstftffl of goats and pigs, which are jnriag menaces with the deer.) So «bt 08 earth is there to worry about? it does not admit even that, the deer tart become a menace; indeed, he distmti all such statements, though he il fued with the faet that a national tnfsfmee has been convened for Stria a«t to find a policy for dealing lift the problem. Under such circumHateei one nay reasonably ask what Ifr ThofßtflO's representations are MsOy wefts f Übe more concerned «ffi'«deavoHri«rg to cover up the Matties' failings or with dealing with lbs pfcini. Bis main .anxiety in Jißßuy (J seven "and a half years | tiia&tmst, appears to be to shake pabtte ettsaesee in 'the Forestry De- [ prtatit'i «port presented to Parlia- ' oat ia'Jßfl estimating that the numb« of .dter'tien la New Zealand was HMOOaad stating that "herds probafy isenaie by 25 per cent, annual- *•" b it not a pity that Mr Thorn- «* sad the ■£&. did not wake up to «Mp»et»ee,of this report in 1922, j * WM jwwated to Parliament 'Zrf **4 every opportunity of "wyajl ifr awnracy? Instead they rT* %«■*• t» go by default, and out of court. as a lawyer, will admit *»W«atete of Limitations rules •£T& .&*?? eaße for thos e JWatWW-Bfe control to begin to of that report now i»«2j£ • 7e evidence that they ' SsH^ffi 1 tßve " to responsi- *•« tan* Avoided. JfiJ^tte.matters of detail of rW»a n dispute between Mr Msniaku " "»« public stffcJ?!£ y toaceraed i * he y have «3iii»*Lr M n .or the inclination to .«Jlr™ff J»*V columns of further *tiuL*Zi Prions points were piJW» "Mamaku" does not *«**£ ? B * J y them > leaving it to **ttt£2l"' peci * 11 y interested to " nclusions aßto who **S® "ISI! 8 wron S- B «t what *M*e^ : w U * tho P ubli c are 5 \SS Mted -i» is the main *JSZJ& *' Tripp and Mr nSE^!™,* 0 avoid. What "MaaVOnred t0 Bhow w that » tate of there * £f!*???' "W* that °f inertia **»ivwsi«# csUe <3 a policy!) govbod ?-of experts to ♦w ine P° licv a °d to C ? ry movement for ?*9»M-?Sr the / e ,a an alliance Sf**ffi^ 8t » of th * country %W*iLl M 6 tbe A ' S - P aBS «so. 0, *be LA.D. which

{**•!£!?!? "Waies from the JWSSIi bBeD able t0 accumur e9«vc«»: and that the SWfEfc** and other menaceeXtent as t0 Berious?Jfr«*abt . e eCono ™c welfare SmZIT* 1 ot * im lif « man > 2"*K «? a" resisf ed all efforts tL?*Vttft.t'i! y L are listing them e he W responsible for MSL'S*. <* affairs. They BWHTtf* rc «Ponsibiht y . If siw2i«l?, Bte not responsible. t,mo who has ro&«*SSCT fr r wild lif * l y eny that the deer « 35JB&£.*> exUt, and unforSlEfiL** for dealin e wit!) STW'lrirf ♦i. eoavcno another conZJJMiIT "J*** Policy, especially SW|||Sl Cf th e acclimatisation 'V 1 • inference in last? Why the JmMl*** Advice.SBBSL- 18 **'-* ll6 I-A-D. has 3BHK2iiJ ,be,t advip «" in ™BWWTi?ii matters « bu t ne jfIBJSfiBK .Department 's special " cx PO r ience" *4:'«ip; J • ' aeitl »er has he ex-

plained how it is that after the Deoartment has had the benefit of such idvice the country comes to be faced ,vith so many wild-life menaces to-day. What is the conclusion. to be drawn? Either the Department. has or has not icted upon that advice, and if it has !0 acted then that 'advice, to put it nildly, cannot have been what _ Mr rripp and Mr Thornton represent it to jave been. The existing deer, goat, md pig menaces supply eloquent evilence as to that.