SUPPRESSING THE RABBITS
"We <\re not going to foster rabbit breeding in this country.".said the: Minister of Agriculture (Hon. W. D. S. Mac-' Donald) in the House of liepresentativcs. "If we cannot stop it any other way, wo must stop the export of rabbits. The, aim of my Department is to go right on with'-the destruction of. rabbits' regardles<j of"what the.exporters desire. Wo believe iri breeding sheep and not rabbits." , ■ ' • • . v ' The Minister mentioned .that a Bill dealing with the subject was being prepared, and. he Hoped to get it before the House during the prwent' session. There would be an officer in each island to keep in touch with tlie rabbit inspectors and see if the "law was being enforced.
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 58, 3 December 1918, Page 8
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121SUPPRESSING THE RABBITS Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 58, 3 December 1918, Page 8
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