SANCTUARY FOR TAKAHE
ISLAND SUGGESTED BY DR. SKINNER (P.A.) NEW PLYMOUTH. Feb. 20. At. present the greatest enemy of the takahe is the stoat, according to Dr. H. D. N Skinner, director of the Otago Museum. Since it was not possible to protect the bird in Fiordlgnd National Park, the best- chance for its survival was, therefore, artificial hatching of three or four eggs and the introduction of the chicks to some island sanctuary such as Kapiti or Little Barrier, where there were no stoats, he said. There seemed to be no reason why birds should not be able to _ live in either sanctuary, since the discovery of takahe bones at the mouth of the Waingongoro River, near Hawera, and in other parts of New Zealand seemed to indicate that the takahe was once established throughout the Dominion, said Dr. Skinner. “Any treatment of this kind should be in the hands of skilled ornithologists,” he added. “No one else should be allowed to approach the birds.”
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 70, Issue 109, 21 February 1950, Page 3
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166SANCTUARY FOR TAKAHE Ashburton Guardian, Volume 70, Issue 109, 21 February 1950, Page 3
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