GANNETS AT KIDNAPPERS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 726, 27 January 1910, Page 7

GANNETS AT KIDNAPPERS.

•-.■ .■■•';■■■-..WJJNTON :■:'r' /.(By: Telegraph-Special. Correspondent}^. ; "' ; w '■'.■'■',■- V,,'. Napier, January. . 28;Vf;^v Wanton cruelty is reported, in'refer- 1 -; once to.: the. treatment' accorded to' tho'V- •'■ young .gaunets round Cape Kidnappers by v« or.caUous:,'personafe Ino offenders, are, said to have-taken the -<■■'■'■■: young birds from the nests,:arid them 'ov«r .'the- precipice bo see if ;thcy-y? ;: could fly . In; consequence , of-:this''they-; ,: were flashed: to. pieces '.■at. tlie. the ohff., ItHs.also.alleged petrators took: two, of the■ fluffy.: creatures •■ '.'. > away witK them,'.and, apparently growing. ;"-'; hred.of the society of their'captives,, they .:■■; dropped them on ;' the sand,. where v they C' ■: wore found later.with their legs tiedto- -■••;■ g«thcr, and starring. • •■'■•- ' -•.■,•.■■'• .....v' .Surely_(say S ,.a .local•. : paper)' a .great;.:-: stretch of unagination,is required , to term "> ; - this r benavwur..as "thoughtless''^Caii'its--A' : be wondered:at that-the-colony,of;gan-';.\i-netsiat. the Kidnappers l is .being, reduced '<<■■'i '5. numbers?. : .;,A gentlemau now "states'J-i that there rare not :.half.. so.- many -birds"--7? there now. ashe observed some years ago, and he. points out that it .is a great pity : , --■ that. snch'. acts, occur. .. This colony > oil : ' Eannefa is the only oneT within an ac.cee-'!.-' aplo distance of Napier,..and is really a"»•'■ soenicasset to.Hawke's Bay, and one that- '■' should be. conserved in everyKway ; pos; : ''•' sible. : He' thinks,that> the .Tourist partment should .appoint, a ranger .£«aiV- i-' ; the spot'to. protet. the , birds,-and 'eug..> ! i"■ gests that, perhaps; eome 1 . person: woufd'n;--accept,;such a '■'position,.'even'if it wew'.;'* purely-honorary,;\V::: /.'v-,. 1 : , -.':,-/.'';^:-' ;