DESTROYING RED DEER.
WELLINGTON CITY ACTION. DANGER TO WATER SUPPLY. Tbx telegraph.—own coesesfonkent.] •WELLINGTON. Saturday. The herd of red deer that browsed so contentedly at the reservoir at Wainui-o-mata is being destroyed by the employees of the Wellington City Council ihere as opportunity offers. The animals were damaging" the undergrowth and polluting the water, and it was recently decided to get rid of them. It was feared that if indiscriminate slaughter were allowed, the carcases and offal might be left to the danger of the city water supply, of which there; is no risk in tha present arrangement. v J ' . .
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18772, 28 July 1924, Page 6
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