WAR ON SHAGS
SERIOUS KINK IN THE SCHEME Several Acclimatisation Societies are again waging war on black shags which' are accused of preying on trout. Information received by the Forest and Bird Protection Society indicates that some of the shootists are not content with aiming at the black species; they are killing other kinds which arc protected by law —the birds which do not seek their food in inland waters. It is declared also that the Acclimatisation Societies' practice of pay ing mounties for shags' feet is open to the objection that money may be handed over for the feet of protected species. Inquiries made by Captain E. V. Sanderson, president of the Forest and Bird Protection Sobrought replies from scientists to the effect that, although experts could identify some of the feet, a non-expert could not be sure of identifying any species by that method. It is. therefore, suspected that Acclimatisation Societies are buying plenty of feet that were never attached to black shags.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 88, 15 November 1939, Page 7
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165WAR ON SHAGS Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 88, 15 November 1939, Page 7
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