PHEASANTS INCREASING

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 76, 15 May 1941, Page 10

PHEASANTS INCREASING

ACCLIMATISATION SOCIETY’S * ' REPORT The annual report of the Nelson Acclimatisation Society, which will be presented at the annual meeting next < Tuesday, states that the number of ' pheasants in the Nelson district is in- ] creasing. “In compliance with a recommenda- 1 I tion from the general meeting that a t number of pheasants be procured and i c I'berated in this district, the society ■ was able to obtain 60 well-grown birds I I from a private breeder in Christ- ! I church.” states the report. “The birds \ycr° delivered in Nelson in good conation, but it was considered inadvisable to liberate them at the time, and I sc they were held for upwards of two I months and then liberated in the following localities: Wakatu, Waiwera. I Moutere, Motueka Valley, etc. Reports i received state that the birds are doing - ' V <?ll. The council also obtained a num. j her of sittings of pheasant eggs from I Ihe North Canterbury Society and j those were distributed to sporting on- j thusiasts in different parts of the dis- | t-”ict, with the result that a good number of young birds (38) have been reared. but are too small to be liberated at present. Reports indiciitc that pheasants throughout the district are on the increase and an order for a similar number of birds has been placed with tnc same breeder for liberation this