PESTS FROM ABROAD.
Sir,—May I point out that the importation of animals from Africa for the Zoois fraught with the risk of introducing the tsetse fly, whose bite is fatal to horses and cows, into New Zealand. If the tsetse fly once settled in the Dominion it would be impossible to extirpate it, and the loss that would result to owners of stock would be something dreadful to contemplate. ■ The insect is also known to be the means of disseminating the dreaded sleeping sickness in Central Africa. It would almost amount to criminal negligence to permit the importation of snakes. If a sea lion can escape from th<3 Zoo, a cobra or a swamp adder would have little difficulty in emerging from captivity, and as the bite of either causes death within an hour, tne risk which the public will run will hardly be compensated by the attractive and extremely djpgerous additions to the Zoo. Cms.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18946, 18 February 1925, Page 7
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