WILD LIFE PROBLEM

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23356, 26 May 1939, Page 10

WILD LIFE PROBLEM

BIOLOGICAL SURVEY ROYAL SOCIETY PROP 08( u REQUEST TO THEGOVERNMENt [BY TELEGRAPH—OWN* CORRESpo^^, WELLINGTON i h , A recommendation is to be mad the Government by the Royal s of New Zealand that -given to the need for a general HoV • cal investigation into the tlie protection and preservation rrild life. # The society's wild life committee ported that while approving 0 f supporting the policy of the Got* racnt in legislating for the DrevJ*' tion of native flora and fauna anHu control of imported plants and smn,!i it believed that a much fuller S > tific inquiry into the complexities ! 611 ; separate aspects of the problem urgently needed to guide both l^i,i W tive and administrative action "In the past it has been found a sirable to create and maintain search institutions, either wholly partially under Government contm? in connection with such major imfo tries as agriculture, animal husband forestry and sea fisheries," the reno* stated. "Matters relating to the r«t of the indigenous and introduced plant and animal life have been, in e fLr regarded as of recreational and second' arv economic importance, and their welfare controlled by acclimatisation societies and the various boards con nected with national reserves and parks. Although the bodies function under Government supervision, there is little provision made for the scien tific collection and examination of essential data upon which future leas, lation and administrative action shnnU be based." Dld

CONTROL OP VERMIN

REGULATIONS CRITICISED [by telegraph OWN corresponded] WELLINGTON, Thnrsdaj Criticism of the recently gazette) vermin control regulations, which h claims were formulated by the Depart ment of Internal Affairs without consultation with anyone competent to give useful advice, is contained in tie report of the council of the Wellington Acclimatisation Society. "The regulations gazetted are. in our opinion, unfair and needlessly cumbersome, almost to the extent of being unworkable, and we feel sure that the Minister will realise this fact and remedy an impossible position," says the report. "If we are to remain a member of that council, we should insist on a reasonable recognition of the resolutions adopted in that council or an explanation of aiiy reasons that might lead to their rejection."