The Southland Acclimatisation Society recently paid £l7 to one person who destroyed 343 hawks. The receiver of the royalty was a woman of the Winton district, who handed over 343 pairs of hawks’ feet to a ranger Hawks prey upon young ducks and in recent years they have taken big toll of the duck population in Southland.
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Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25227, 4 July 1947, Page 4
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