KIWIS IN TRAPS
Statements. that a number of kiwis were being caught in opossum traps set around the foot of Mount Egmont were referred by a "Taranaki-Daily News" representative recently to an opossum trapper in the Stratford district. The trapper said that during the season recently closed he and another man had caught four kiwis in traps. Three were unhurt and were released; the leg of the fourth was broken, and they killed it sooner than let it loose to die slowly or become prey to vermin. Kiwis,' he continued, were not caught nearly so often as was supposed. Moreover, they had strong legs, and, as he had pointed out, only one of the four was hurt. He realised that it was regrettable that the birds should be caught in the traps, but on the other hand trappers caugh hundreds of vermin—stoats, weasels, and rats—in a season, so that any loss among kiwis was more than offset by the extermination of vermin which preyed upon native bird life and must do incalculable harm every year.
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Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 133, 2 December 1935, Page 13
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198KIWIS IN TRAPS Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 133, 2 December 1935, Page 13
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