LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
SHOOTING OF CAPTIVE BIRDS. WELLINGTON', July 23. Provision to prohibit the use of captive birds in all shooting carried on under artificial conditions is contained in a Rill sponsored by the Hon. G. M. Thomson, which was read a second time in the Legislative Council yesterday afternoon. In moving the second reading, Mr Thomson said that the Council had passed the Bill on six occasions, but it had not yet been considered by the House of Representatives. Nearly all the gun clubs in New Zealand had substituted clay birds for live ones, but at a recent meeting of a North Island club live birds were used. He described this as a dishonourable practice. Hon, G. J. Garland said it was a very unsportsmanlike action to shoot a bird on the ground. He believed the acclimatisation societies would very soon have to take into consideration the advisability of a close season for waterfowl.
H on. G. Witty said he had opposed the Bill on several occasions, hut he would not oppose it on this occasion, as he believed live pigeon shooting was dying out. There were many crueller practices than the .shooting of captive pigeons
The third reading was set down for to-day.
Amendments made- bv the House of Representatives in the Unemployment Amendment Bill were agreed to.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LI, Issue 198, 23 July 1931, Page 2
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219LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL Manawatu Standard, Volume LI, Issue 198, 23 July 1931, Page 2
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