Tn a fur coat age the rabbit pest of New Zealand has proved to be a luxury in discruise, but things nrc different, in Australia, especially north of New South Males. The rabbit-proof wire fence constructed in Queensland along the border is 1000 miles long, and has proved verv successful in keeping the wily bunnies from spreading, northwards. This fence is 18 inches below the ground and 3ft 6in high. According to people who know the burrowing genius that has defied suppression in this Dominion, the Australian rabbit must be comparatively lacking in resourcefulness. Afanv generations of settlers, especially in Central Otago, have tackled the problem, experimenting with fences, poisons, and traps to rid the land of rabbits, but. the sturdy and undiscriminating rodent has cheerfully multiplied. It is said that many a New Zealand bunny skin goes overseas, to return as a new line and colour in modern fur coat creations for womenfolk.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3942, 1 October 1929, Page 76
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