KILLING DEER

Press, Volume CII, Issue 30196, 30 July 1963, Page 12

KILLING DEER

Condemnation Of Methods (From Our Own Reporter) TIMARU, July 29. A criticism of methods allegedly used by deer cullers, in the Forest Service in an attempt to exterminate deer, was made tonight by the Dominion president of the Royal Federation of New Zealand Societies for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Mr C. C. Lennon). “Two methods being tried by the Forestry Service must be condemned by all the citizens of this country,” Mr Lennon said.

“Nearly two years ago the Royal Federation of New Zealand Societies for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals had brought to its notice that deer cullers were using steel wire snares—a fact which until very recently we were unfible to confirm. Last week I had confirmation that steel snares are being used by the Forestry Service to catch deer—a most despicable and utterly disgusting method, totally Inhumane in practice “The practice is to set snares in tracks used by deer The deer is expected to put its head in the noose, get caught, pull against it, and strangle. In practice, this will not always work out What about the stag that gets his antler caught and spends the rest of his life struggling frantically to free himself until a culler comes along in a few days' time and finds him?" Mr Lennon asked

“The other method being tried by the Forestry Service is by using a poison called tetremine. which is introduced to the natural plants which noxious animals feed on. Animals which eat these plants are doomed to die a very slow death, simply wasting away until their strength is completely gone," Mr Lennon said.