Press correspondents having, alleged the diminution in the number of native birds in the forests was largely due to the fact that opossums ate their food, the. Otago Acclimatisation Society recently circularised 190 trappers in its (Jistrict. A summary of the replies received was before the executive of the Taranaki Society last night. The stoat was blamed in 47 letters, the ferret in 20, the cat in 18, the grey owl in 15, the rat in eight, and the hawk in two. Thirty-eight trappers between them caught 218 stoats this season, seven others caught 113, 13 caught 42 ferrets, 18 caught 58 rats and J 3 caught 34 wild cats.
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Taranaki Daily News, 15 October 1929, Page 8
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