Through choosing a wrong enclosure in search of prey, a weasel which had been causing trouble during the past week at the Auckland Zoo suddenly met its death the other night. By climbing over high wire-netting fences on several occasions the weasel had entered the rabbit enclosure and had accounted for a number of young stock. On Wednesday night, however, it chose to enter a cage occupied by two eagle oivls and was apparently caught and killed instantly. As the weasel is on.e of the quickest of animals, its capture by the owls suggests that they have great speed also. 'rhe eagle owls, which are also known as great eared owls, were recently imported from the United States of America.
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Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 103, 25 January 1939, Page 7
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