THE GERMAN OWL
ro THE EDITOR Sir—lt is a thousand pities that Professor Harpies should cloud the issue by arguing academically that the oyd is an insect-eater, and therefore more or less a harmless creature. Let us get down to facts and practical experience. Why was the owl introduced into this country? To destroy birds, of course. I need not go further than quote two'recent correspondents who have practical knowledge. “ Cock Grouse,” with 25 vears’ experience as a gamekeeper tells us in his letter to the Otago Daily Times of May 9 what devastation was caused bv these pests in England and Mr A. W. Morgan. in his letter of May 3 describes graphically what he found in an owl’s nest at Oturehua—no fewer than 14 dead birds, comprising skylarks, starlings. thrushes, and dotterel. Surely, these facts are sufficient to convince even the most scentical. —I am. etc., Dunedin, May 13. A. H. Fisher.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23500, 14 May 1938, Page 24
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