RABBITS AND FERRETS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1767, 15 February 1888, Page 2

RABBITS AND FERRETS.

_ (Donedin "Bvotiing H..r«!<t.") Ferretuand vermin of a .Imilar d^orlpti<n «re bet* let loose by thousand, m d ffiroot p-trts of tha ooa-.try, and n, mmbt be Hd»»«b!e »bat we should well colder wh»t we are dnin* before we o>ma»it oareel^g to a policy which mat b• •« heat v*ry qoe8»lo..»hj o m its raiott/. AH i * tm * a »•"■ the Mt. Jd» r.bhlt. h-rdiog toget^r (a one barrow, ?h« - if y 'i ieh '? "•» o' ■«■ between I o t«.th«t In the coa-ie of lme w* m«y k TB VSr * Dlait * 1 • ri<l ' o ß wh <°» »»y be rabb t m»d ferret, w.tb none of .fcdr f^ o ;'* iiPlili' p * paUr d >»•»•» * Ferr -t w!l! kit! nrubhit «on e |«hfc " •„ r bbit to e«rtn »nd ki 1 U ai.upfy-i.7r the V ■■ I d « lTO ' on « A ferret only kill, when It U hji., g » ( and <?oe. oot m« ra £ intei fere ».!th barmy wden filled to r^pei n He .peak! In .t Mn « term? •g«loak tha wholesale introdoeilon cf fcrrett, and awart. th»t m » f aw yenrß ,J .JHI bo proved that the remedy will be 100 percent w ««e !h«n ibe dlsLe £ thU appear, fen h 9 the «x t er.eoce of ofaer ptrr»ns In different parts of oUwo it m.«htbe*i. w«ll that the fficM. o f' thfl K.bbit OepMiraent should oarefully o »n---•iderwbat ih» an doing ere they a^ueje the pantry to be overrun wi h an animal which not ouy aeleotn poultry, & 0 ,aB itß natural prey, bat does not heaitatato attack human bfinurn an w«IJ.