SHORTAGE OF GAME

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22399, 21 April 1936, Page 8

SHORTAGE OF GAME

IMPROVING The supply NATIONAL POLICY SUGGESTED [by telegraph—own correspondent] WELLINGTON, Monday Assuring a deputation of the Feilding Acclimatisation Society members that as an enthusiastic sportsman he was about tired of "carrying a gun around for a walk," the Minister of Internal Affairs, the Hon. W. E. Parry, to-day mentioned an important policy that he will suggested to the conference of acclimatisation delegates which he has invited to meet him to-morrow. The societies, he said, would have to rear and liberate game, for it was impossible to keep on taking it without better replacement. There might have to be breeding stations in each island, stated the Minister, and a national organisation to do the job. There was an absolute need for better organisation and control of sport. The vermin question would have to be considered. It was useless ranging outside the bush, without taking steps to ensure that the forest was not an incubator for pests. He suggested that the slate be wiped clear of all former differences and that all sportsmen co-operate on a national policy which would include improved sporting facilities, the preservation of the bush and of New Zealand bird life, for the Dominion should be one of the bent countries in the world for game.