A CHANCE FOR THE BIRDS
. In some districts vermin would appear to be as numerous as ever and perhaps increasing, while in other districts they are decreasing, remarks the annual report of the Wellington Acclimatisation Society. The trappers' approximate estimate of vermin killed during the season' points to the fact that the total is smaller than in previous.years. That a groat number of stoats, weasels, and rats are taken annually is most interesting to all native bird lovers, as these pests are the greatest enemy of .the birds, and are responsible for the destruction of a, great many of our native songsters. Trappers have stated that as a result of tho destruction of vermin, the increase in our native bird life is most marked. Thus it is pleasing to knoir that as a result of the- trapping operations, the enemies-of the birds are being severely dealt with. '
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 118, 20 May 1932, Page 9
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147A CHANCE FOR THE BIRDS Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 118, 20 May 1932, Page 9
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