“PERNICIOUS ACTION.”
INTRODUCTION OF FOXES. (By Telegraph—Special to Standard.) AUCKLAND, April 11. “The introduction of foxes into New Zealand for any purpose would Le such a pernicious action that the farmers of the Dominion would bo fully justified in taking direct action' and killing them wherever they were to be found,” stated the secretary of the New Zealand Farmers’ Union, Mr A. E. Robinson, in commenting on the suggestion of Mr Cambie to the Auckland Fur Club that foxes should be bred in New Zealand for the fur trade. , “Sufficient harm has already been done,” said Mr Robinson, “by thoughtless and wanton experimenting with imported animal life in New Zealand. Although rabbits are now coming under control, we can have no guarantee that foxes if introduced would become a greater pest than rabbits.” Mr Robinson asserted that the Farmers’ Union ' unanimously and whole-heartedly would oppose any move to introduce foxes into New Zealand.”
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Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 116, 12 April 1930, Page 2
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153“PERNICIOUS ACTION.” Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 116, 12 April 1930, Page 2
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