EXTERMINATION OF GOATS
Although the figures of animals killed showed a substantial increase over the figures of any previous year, this was mainly accounted for by the intensive goat-destruction campaigns which had been carried out in Marlborough, Southland and Hawke’s Bay, says the annual report of the Department of Internal Affairs, which has been tabled in the House of Representatives. The campaign carried out in the winter months of 1946 in Marlborough was conducted over the entire goat-infested area lying between and including the watersheds of the Wairau and Clarence Rivers. This area had a very high degree of infestation, but as a result of the operations the number of goats had been reduced by about 70 per cent. The operations carried out in the Southern Lakes and Hawke’s Bay districts were conducted on similar lines.
A total of 96.716 animal pests was destroyed during the year ended March 31, 1947. A total of 7058 deer-skins and 14.462 goat-skins was recovered.
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Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25254, 5 August 1947, Page 8
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