MOOSE AND WAPITI.
FLOURISHING IN OTAGO SOUNDS. (BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION.) WELLINGTON, July 22. It is announced in the Wellington Acclimatisation Society’s report that both moose and wapiti are flourishing in the Otago Sounds. The former are estimated to number 80 to 100, but they are in rough country and difficult to approach. The wapiti cover a more extended area and number about two thousand. The best heads will be taken in the next five to ton years. One head was recently taken with a span of 54 inches, within four inches of the world’s record.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HAWST19240722.2.57
Bibliographic details
Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 22 July 1924, Page 9
Word Count
96MOOSE AND WAPITI. Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 22 July 1924, Page 9
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Hawera Star. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in