He was unable to protect the natural enemies of the rabbit such as ferrets, stoats, weasels, and cats, by lifting the bounties payable for the destruction of these animals, said the Minister of Internal Affairs (Mr W. Parry) in a letter received by the South Canterbury and North Otago Rabbit Boards’ Council yesterday afternoon. The letter was written in reply to a recommendation made by a conference of the South Island Rabbit Boards’ Association. The council decided to ask the South Island Rabbit Boards’ Association to press the Minister for adequate reasons for not granting the protection sought. According to advice received from the secretary of the New Zealand Rabbit Destruction Council (Mr D. M. P. Hay) the Minister said that the effects on other forms of wild life which had resulted from previous efforts to combat the rabbit pest had always been of great epneern to him.—(P.A.)
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Press, Volume LXXXV, Issue 25768, 1 April 1949, Page 6
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