NATIVE BIRDS SHOT
MINISTER AND WILD LIFE
The recent statement of the Minister of Internal Affairs (the Hon. W. E. Parry) indicating the probability of an improvement in the administration of wild life matters in the field is viewed favourably by the executive o£ the Forest and Bird Protection Society, which sent a letter oi: congratulation to the Minister on his national attitude.
The decision of the State Forest Service to cut out a number of big healthy kauris iii the Puketi Forest. North Auckland, hes provided access roads which will .facilitate the poaching of native birds, states the society. to which a correspondent has written stating that pigeon shooting goes on regularly in this area. Outsiders, and not the workers, are the offenders, who comprise both Maoris and Europeans. Tuis also are shot.' Most of the shooting is done at weekends when the workers are away. The society suggests that guns should be prohibited in State forests. Complaints- of pigeon shooting continue to come in from Nelson and West Coast districts.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 36, 11 August 1939, Page 11
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