DOMESTIC PIGS BECOME WIND IN NATIONAL PARK
RAETIHT, East. Night tOO.-Cne] oT the problems at present engaging; ihc attention of the National Park I Board is the ext erm nat ion of wild pigs in the bush between Ran .ataua and the Ohakune mountain track. These animals, now reported as being; in considerable numbers, are the pro-I geney of three which escaped from a . .icighbouring farm some 18 months ago, and they are reported to have; penetrated upwards of a mile within the park area. Apart from the damage they will inflict on the bush growth, ihe pigs are a menace to the adjoining lands, and the farmers in the locality have requested the park board to take steps to have them removed. T he board has approached the Department of Wild Life in the matter and arrangements are now under way i to have members of that department’s • itdoor staff in the block in the near future. j
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Wanganui Chronicle, 7 September 1950, Page 4
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