HUSKIES AT BASE
No Intention To Kill All
The Antarctic Division of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research has no intention of destroying all the huskies at Scott Base, as a recent newspaper article might have suggested, said the superintendent of the division (Mr R. B.
Thomson). He said the dogs retained an important role in New Zealand’s activities in the Antarctic in spite of all the changes taking place. “However, due to improved types of mechanical transport now available, we are using vehicles and motor toboggans on an ever-increasing scale.”
“This with its associated economics, and our aims to reduce our annual seal kill for dog food, has resulted in our slowly decreasing the dog population during the last two years. Our plans call for a slight further reduction during the next year,” said Mr Thomson. He added that such reductions were accomplished as far as possible by strict control of breeding, not by wholesale shooting, and by making dogs available to other countries requiring dogs in the Antarctic.
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Press, Volume CV, Issue 31007, 12 March 1966, Page 16
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171HUSKIES AT BASE Press, Volume CV, Issue 31007, 12 March 1966, Page 16
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