Hunters’ head tales upset rival group
PA Wellington The biggest hunting exhibition yet held in the Southern Hemisphere will open in Wellington this week, and has New Zealand’s two leading hunting organisations out for each other’s blood. The Deerstalkers’ Association has organised the exhibition, which includes a display of game trophies. The Big Game Hunters’ Association is boycotting the display, because some of the trophies were “not obtained in a sporting manner,” it alteg'At least one trophy was shot from a helicopter by a commercial meat-recovery operator,” said the president of the Big Game Hunters’ Association (Mr B. Candy, of Ashburton). Mr J. Murphy. secretary of
the Deerstalkers’ Association, has rejected this assertion, and has accused Mr Candy of “sour grapes at not being involved in the event.” “Mr Candy is not in a position to know what has been accepted of the display,” said Mr Murphy. “His comments are speculation. “Any trophy taken in an ‘unfair chase’ would be disqualified,” he said. Mr Murphy said all entries had to be accompanied bv a signed declaration that they were not taken in “unfair chase” — which included spotting, herding, or shooting from the air. “If Mr Candy has any evidence regarding any entry, he should present it so that an evaluation may be made,” Mr Murphy said. ’There are more than 1000
trophies entered from all parts of New Zealand, Africa, Canada, New Guinea, the United States, and Britain. Thev include several bv Mr Candy’s own members,” he said.
Mr Candy said his association took “strong exception” to the exhibition of hunting trophies.
“My association completely dissociates itself from this display,” he said. “It contravenes the sporting ethics of the association. “We fail to see how any organisation which claims to represent sportsmen, but condones commercial exploitation of our big-game, can in all conscience support such a display.” The Governor-General (Sir Keith Holyoake) will open the exhibition tomorrow.
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