INCREASE OF OPOSSUMS.
LAST SEASON'S TRAPPINGS.
As showing what a' hold > the opossum now has in the Wellington district, a return presented at the Forest Service Conference shows that 21,411 opoasums were trapped during the , past - season. Evidences of their appearance in widelyseparated forest 'areas prove that these animals have definitely established themselves. A careful study of the trees most frequented by opossums proves that no damage is 'being done beyond the eating of leaves and ~ fruit, and it is therefore considered that they can be liberated l in new areas with advantage. "The' animal is readily ; trapped, and if ?in danger of becoming; too numerous in ; any locality, could be easily brought under control. '
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18380, 21 April 1923, Page 10
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115INCREASE OF OPOSSUMS. New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18380, 21 April 1923, Page 10
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