Game-Bird Shooting
Sir, —Shooters will pay about £6OO for licences in North Canterbury this year. Much of this is used to control bird numbers and reduce poaching. Pukeko are very attractive birds and one of our national assets, but I am sure few would wish farmers to have to resort to wholesale poisoning for control. Poisoning is silent blit certain. Many rare birds are also lost. Some years ago we sowed a hill paddock with peas, and a week later counted over 500 rock pigeons feeding at one time. We had to poison: all were killed. I have never shot a pukeko (or a duck, either) with a shotgun, but let us not be wet blankets on others’ sport. Most shooters are anxious to preserve the future of game birds. The Wildlife Division and Acclimatisation Society keep a close watch and we can rely on them for preservation.—Yours, etc., EX-FARMER. May 8, 1967.
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31365, 10 May 1967, Page 18
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