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OPOSSUMS ON THE INCREASE

IN THE WELLINGTON DISTRICT. "Opossums continue :to increase in several parts of the society's district, notably at Paraparaumu, the TarnruasWaiiiui—and in the north-western area, says the' annual report of the Acclimar tisation Society. -. "In order to keep these animals.from becoming troublesome to settlers on small properties the council is trying to procure from the Minister of Internal Affairs authority to open a season from June Ito July 81, 1919. The license fee to be dCI, the limit of skins per license to be 30; No permit to sell to be issued. No trapping to' be carried on, as the Animals Protection Act, as at present constituted, does not permit of any trapping. The animal must bo shot iu the head witli a pea-rifle, as is done in South Canterbury. This method leaves the skins uninjured, and is carried on in daylight. "The council considers tliat the -proposed licensed season will keep the animals from becoming a nuisance—will enablo the local authority to control tlio operations, and will eliminate the cruelty inseparable from the use of traps. It will also provide some revenue to the society, and will ensure the taking pf the skins when in full fiir."

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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 208, 28 May 1919, Page 3

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201

OPOSSUMS ON THE INCREASE Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 208, 28 May 1919, Page 3

OPOSSUMS ON THE INCREASE Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 208, 28 May 1919, Page 3

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