N.Z. Wapiti Specimens
An expedition by two Americans to the Southland fiords to get samples of wapiti for Harvard University was described by the Minister of Internal Affairs, Mr W. E. Parry, in Christchurch. Mr Parry, who accompanied the Americans to their base camp on Lake Hankinson several days ago, said the Americans were so keen on their self-im-posed task that, although they had seen herds of wapiti, they had not yet fired a shot, but were making sure that they would get typical specimens. The Americans are Colonel J. Howard and Mr H. W. Endicott. of Boston. Mr Parry said the Americans were equipped with a camera for making motion pictures in colour, and they had takpn a number •of shots of wapite They were particularly interested in these deer, probably the only specimens in the Southern Hemisphere, because the first wapiti were sent to New Zealand by Mr Theodore Roosevelt in 1907- They intended to take back two complete specimens, heads, skin, bones and feet, so that they could be preserved.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 11, Issue 15, 11 April 1947, Page 7
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173N.Z. Wapiti Specimens Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 11, Issue 15, 11 April 1947, Page 7
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