DUCK AND PUKEKO.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18356, 23 March 1923, Page 8

DUCK AND PUKEKO.

QUESTION OF PROTECTION.

[by TELEGRAPH. — CORRESPONDENT* 3 „ • CHRISTCHURCH. Thursday. The question of protecting paradise duck* and pukekos was discussed by the council of the North Canterbury Acclima- 7, tisation Society, The Under-Secretary of . the Department of Internal Affairs aD * nounced that it was proposed to grant a limited open season for taking these birds in parts ox the South Island where - the societies were satisfied they were v, numerous. The season would be from May : 1 to May 14, and the number of elth ® species to be taken by one person wouW-"? be restricted in any one day to 12. . ,/,$& Mr. E. F. Stead said pukekos did mischief in some parts of Canterbury. Farmers complained of .their depredations ; on crops, some of which were completely destroyed. He was in favour of an open- ,<> season with a limited bag, say up to |$| nine. It was the drive system that n« objected to. The pukeko was a dehghwuj bird, doubtless, but it .wan a very baa one from the game point of view, as it was a practised poacher on the eggs 01 « i other birds. , ~ It was decided that the society should ; apply for an open season for both species, with a' limit of si* birds per day per t llo '