BABBITS
Sir,—lt is evidently not widely realised that rabbits are a very serious pest in New Zealand. Soil erosion, particularly in the high is continually reducing our capacity to produce food. Rabbits “overstock” the land, eat out young plants, burrow into riverbanks, and expose the soil to wind and rain-wash. So the life-giving soil is washed out to sea to the tune of 2,000,000 tons per year in the Waimakariri alone, and farms are further subject to flood menace. The more rabbits, the less beef and mutton. The world food crisis is expected "to continue another five yeafs: and even in “good”' times, one-third of humanity doesn’t have enough to eat. If trapping* induces the “farming” of rabbits—their deliberate encouragement for profit—then it won’t save the hungry; it will merely perpetuate the kind of short-sighted policies which have caused this worldwide tragedy.—Yours, etc., ELSIE LOCKE. June 17, 1946.
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Press, Volume LXXXII, Issue 24904, 18 June 1946, Page 2
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