Control of rabbits for study
PA Wellington The Government has appointed a task force to develop an alternative strategy to the introduction of myxomatosis Ito control New Zealand’s rabbit problem. Earlier this year the Government rejected myxomatosis as a means of controlling rabbits be) cause of public concern. There was |ino single, simple solution;to the rab-
bit problem in those areas of moderate to high risk, said the Minister of Agriculture,! Mr Moyle, yesterday. ! I The task force would investigate (all the options for |an integrated land management programme to control rabbits. The task force, headed by i Professor John McCraw, of Waikato University,! is due to report to the Minister by the end of June, j
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